DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No. 15,884

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,884, 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.

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1 Dollars, for example, had prevalence over rupees (4,8) 8 Amateur learns to play in football team (7) 9 Trouble worries Rupert Bear at first (7) 11 Release mother, children and brothers in lodge (10) 12 Papa unwell? Give him this (4) 14 He can’t remember funny names, even bits of finance (8) 16 Flag famous Quaker down at regular intervals (6) 17 Hull’s school of dolphins (3) 19 Constable’s example of 1 Across? (6) 21 Invest pound in fruit to get lead in your pencil (8) 24 Block small room for experiments (4) 25 Southern sea seemed controversial source of oil (6,4) 27 Start song in this type of concert? (4-3) 28 Working with her, this warship could be a freighter (7) 29 Polaris guru? (7,5)

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