SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,879 —

ACROSS: 1 Low-water mark. 8 Rag doll. 9 Interim. 11 Metaphoric. 12 Ruin. 14 Scrag-end. 16 Watery. 17 Day. 19 Debtor. 21 Mandible. 24 Also. 25 Mothballed. 27 Dead Sea. 28 Integer. 29 Hidden agenda. DOWN: 1 Lighter. 2 Wood pigeon. 3 All-round. 4 Elicit. 5 Mite. 6 Reroute. 7 Promised Land. 10 Moneylenders. 13 Sand martin. 15 Dam. 18 Yachting. 20 Basmati. 22 Bologna. 23 Domain. 26 Used.