DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Guaranteed trendy eastern headgear with fur border (11) 9 State provided cross outside (7) 10 Spacecraft or vicious dog? (7) 11 Little Margaret’s secure (3) 12 Harass two groups of soldiers during races (7) 13 Got up and had a meal in the pink? (7) 14 Contents of the next layer (3) 15 Carry money — people worship it (5) 17 Poke fun at rear of distant relative (5) 18 They refer to notes withdrawn from ‘Vile Bodies’ (5) 20 Actor Martin’s observed casing hotel (5) 22 Port about to welcome first of yachts (3) 24 Order Vera to probe trophy distribution (5-2) 25 Does it help Irish copper get into helmet? (7) 26 Fourth unknown climber (3) 27 Old writer dipped into this at home, reportedly put out (7) 28 Revolutionary student limited by age and rank (7) 29 Conservative woman’s impressed with punch (5-6)

DOWN

1 He covers maintained church, penniless, in ruins sadly (9,6) 2 Famous quarry saved by English conservationists (7) 3 Weep with pity at regular times in vault (5) 4 Broadcast good stuff in concert, Elgar primarily (9) 5 Au pair did this degree by end of week (7) 6 EU tax circular put out about rights outside school (15) 7 Idiot in school’s a pain (6) 8 Union right to suppress data that’s serious (6) 16 Twice assess first flyer (4,5) 18 Tolkien character concealed plant (6) 19 One diver surfaces holding cold piece of glacier (7) 21 What horse did, heeding jumps (7) 23 Make larger offer (6) 25 He gets angry with any scavenger (5)

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,782, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no l