DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,475, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no l

ACROSS

1 Poor fateful miser ‘Scrooge; is one of these (7,5) 8 Excellent help protects bishop in wartime attack (3,4) 9 Plug intimate picture (5,2) 11 Copy various art prints, about 100 (10) 12 Container on farm partly demolished in recession (4) 14 Offer book for dodgy scheme (3-2,3) 16 Extremely keen to shoot wild hog (4,2) 17 Leave top of booby trap (3) 19 Old part involves one singer (6) 21 Enigmatic men with a mongrel skirting Los Angeles (8) 24 One showing detachment (4) 25 After break, posh Unionist MPs tour uni — it clears the air (6,4) 27 Thief’s unusual feat? Pinching beer (3,4) 28 Light displays by artist draped in golden eggs (7) 29 He decides ATM should be resited — it’s sharing a wall (12)

DOWN

1 Spaces in newspaper for China etc. (3,4) 2 Water protects very soft part of larynx (5,5) 3 Cook rarely good, not the favourite (8) 4 Bar piece of music king rejected (6) 5 Press wedge perhaps (4) 6 Writer can split, say, assembly (7) 7 Rod etc. was put in various places to dislodge this? (5,7) 10 He may need a developer to finish his work (12) 13 CSM’s order caught Mark busy cutting short tart (5,5) 15 Bishop loves surprising remark (3) 18 New unfinished harbour on Hawaii creates rumpus (8) 20 Institute and gallery follow writer’s copy (7) 22 Like some shutters in Paris museum duke added (7) 23 Lottery fliers nearly escaped (6) 26 ‘It’s coming up behind you!’ yells Sherpa? (4)