SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,869:

ACROSS: 1 Below the belt. 8 Rose-cut. 9 Assured. 11 Plagiarise. 12 Plus. 14 Sri Lanka. 16 Domino. 17 Ivy. 19 Earwig. 21 Earnings. 24 Orgy. 25 High school. 27 Selfish. 28 Implant. 29 Make the grade.

DOWN: 1 Basmati. 2 Lactic acid. 3 Water-ski. 4 Hearse. 5 Bash. 6 Lorelei. 7 Preposterous. 10 Disconsolate. 13 Cornucopia. 15 Ave. 18 Yachting. 20 Regalia. 22 Neonate. 23 Eighth. 26 Aide.