SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD

No 15,863 — ACROSS: 1 Topsoil. 5 Floppy. 9 Nuclear. 10 Unfurls. 11 Emu. 12 Blood plasma. 13 Tutor. 14 Spinneret. 16 Theme song. 17 Latte. 19 Rainy season. 22 Hod. 23 Bicycle. 24 Magenta. 26 Oscars. 27 Chassis. DOWN: 1 Tangent. 2 Pick up the pieces. 3 One. 4 Largo. 5 Foundling. 6 Offal. 7 Pork scratchings. 8 Aslant. 12 Barge. 14 Smokeless. 15 Nylon. 16 Throbs. 18 Endways. 20 Yucca. 21 Sumac. 25 Goa.