DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,841

ACROSS

1 Two girls get over society scandal (8) 5 Baker’s agent about right in sleeveless garment (6) 9 Bright children getting rebuke, by the sound of it (8) 10 Elderly old boy turned round wine shop (6) 12 Heading south to dine outside (4) 13 Tired king wise, I hear, seizing English in plot (6-4) 15 Party outfit crackled — it’s so rumpled (8,5) 19 Misjudge foreign articles writer’s put in property (13) 23 Morris man, say, waving fork and candle (4,6) 25 Big family is able to maintain lake (4) 28 A Scottish team sacks apprentice, leaving sour taste (6) 29 Short of oxygen, work with miners in plant (8) 30 Origin of mews? It’s in Kent, surprisingly (6) 31 Support old-fashioned union (8)

DOWN

1 European religion last to head order (6) 2 They help you see tiny spots, I hear (5) 3 Exceptional pair of army units (4) 4 Item that appears at end of sonnet (7) 6 Gentle sarcasm that’s cryptically fey? (5) 7 It lit up a church on river invaded by the French (9) 8 Mark is on top of huge wave (8) 11 Put one under strain, as planes do (4) 14 Sign of wound is almost frightening (4) 15 A hundred angry Luddites could be most endearing (9) 16 A court dismisses our exploit (3) 17 Drink in short theatrical piece (4) 18 Skirt to expose thigh? (8) 20 Smooth beach (4) 21 Tip Room 101 to reveal clothing of Poles (7) 22 A Northern Irish man, not completely unrefined (6) 24 Approach Republican in cheap nightclub (5) 26 Hitches somewhere to see 24s (5) 27 Find coin in old street in Nice, heading north (4) PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,841, PO BOX 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no later than tomorrow. Please make sure you enclose your name and address.

SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,838 — ACROSS: 1 Muffler. 5 Pignut. 9 Leeward. 10 Incisor. 11 Mud. 12 Ornithology. 13 Nymph. 14 Soubrette. 16 Offertory. 17 Bumph. 19 Typing pools. 22 Nun. 23 Anemone. 24 Earlier. 26 Cheers. 27 Hothead. DOWN: 1 Milkman. 2 Freedom of speech. 3 Lea. 4 Radon. 5 Point duty. 6 Gecko. 7 Unsportsmanlike. 8 Groyne. 12 Other. 14 Stop press. 15 Rebus. 16 Outlaw. 18 Hundred. 20 No-one. 21 Obeah. 25 Rat.