CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 16,537
FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today’s answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 16,537, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be date-stamped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls/texts must be received by 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, exc NI. Terms apply, see Page 56. ACROSS
1 Chap finds his cooked food traditionally in newspaper? (4,3,5) 8 A Young Conservative introduced to joint bunch in field (7) 9 Wild flower absorbing nitrogen (7) 11 Reinvigorate Italy briefly during change (10) 12 Opera singer eager to make a comeback (4) 14 Huge blunder if writer enters court backwards (8) 16 Mention cheeses and a piece of cake (6) 17 Study where some animals live (3) 19 Make tidy one at end, ignoring margins (6) 21 Soldier, American, inspiring Number One’s obsession (8) 24 Sort of cars that cause damage internally? (4) 25 Unruly duo elicits concern (10) 27 Ten participate in play for display in museum (7) 28 Note perfect top, the greenest one (7) 29 Prominent person who’s carrying the torch? (7,5) DOWN
1 Female partner in affair owns yard in High Street? (7) 2 Jockey loved shirt but not for long (5-5) 3 Morphine or quinine, say, help to keep all OK after surgery (8) 4 Plan fifth island in river (6) 5 Home Office fine pirate captain (4) 6 Raise European money on horseback? That’s silly (7) 7 He’s put on drag nervously, using harsh language (5-7) 10 They book trips, sorting out relevant tags (6,6) 13 Old radical is in drilling group making arrangements (10) 15 Oddly creepy growth in woodland (3) 18 Citizen, one working in SA province (8) 20 Workers about to enter excellent plant (7) 22 Work with university fast, getting rich (7) 23 Party chief’s sphere of activity (6) 26 Comb and clean Jack, say (4)