DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,864, 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.

ACROSS

1 Familiar engineer ignores cable (12) 8 Mike’s often attached to this plug in these at sea (7) 9 Seamen mutinied round bow of ship all together (2,5) 11 More work by Banksy outside school? (10) 12 Stud manager (4) 14 Nine in Mediterranean acquire potpourri (5,3) 16 Bar student learned somehow to inspire affection (6) 17 Boy in front drained of energy (3) 19 Move first part of play into the Criterion at first (6) 21 Waste a quid on more than half of Irish cocktail (8) 24 Gain composure during critical moment (4) 25 Equip a graduate with part? It’s such a palaver (10) 27 Ridicule a politician in London heartlessly (7) 28 An Australian republican group rejected state (7) 29 Class deal badly with speaker’s skin preservative (12)

DOWN

1 Staff hiring a cab briefly? It’s charged to driver (4,3) 2 Projectile in circus is captured after kerfuffle (7,3) 3 Haul up ultra rebels by the throat (8) 4 From space, circling, this is seen to be receding (6) 5 They’re used to lift a rare manuscript (4) 6 Twill is somehow more than supple (7) 7 Unemotional legal chap worked with MIT (12) 10 Vet former church minister? (2-10) 13 Popular English feature shows divergence (10) 15 Gallivant about Georgia with daughter (3) 18 Records galore here, a small amount set up on stand (8) 20 Music group receives texted greeting in Asian capital (7) 22 Current run on Swedish cash deposit (4,3) 23 Sailing off without one that’s important (6) 26 What makes cast wriggle? (4)