DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pig saw fences where fliers may be displayed (6,5) 9 Posh conservationists cut duty-free (7) 10 Like sentry’s instruction to fencer (2,5) 11 I must take part in negotiation (3) 12 Exhibited disputed evidence, ignoring conclusion (7) 13 This fiasco with trip could have been predictable (7) 14 It’s used in building a small hotel (3) 15 Small elegant complex job I accepted with union (5) 17 Section of choir enters cathedral to sing (5) 18 It’s erect, whichever way you look at it (3,2) 20 Dump channel (5) 22 Destroy odd parts of piazza in recession (3) 24 Spy cases a new hospital opening in street (7) 25 Called in banker to send nuts (7) 26 Crop front of meadow and middle of lawn (3) 27 Deficiencies for the most part ruined building (7) 28 He’s blocking English prime minister’s nickname (7) 29 Last plot got rewritten to show quirk in speech (7,4)

DOWN

1 Heavyweight’s up on his feet and punching still (15) 2 Bill conveys a team about in people-carrier (7) 3 Second of scripts editors surrendered (5) 4 Bull stood unsteadily? That motivates matador (9) 5 A large compound confines British subject (7) 6 It allows two passports in such detail designed with zip (4,11) 7 I’ve got it! Spain and UK are at odds (6) 8 Snakes head off the other features in board game (6) 16 Hardy character defends finest theatre, revealing acumen (9) 18 Spoil essay about money (6) 19 Victor is in dreadfully poor condition (7) 21 String player’s sharp – it needs adjusting (7) 23 City in Lancashire closes early and fast (6) 25 Live and thrive, giving away nothing (5)

NO 15373 PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,373, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked...