DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 English doctor with charity does undertaker’s work (7) 5 Notice this setter’s missing from Private Eye (6) 9 Sick writer, one in court, is banned (7) 10 Less mature foliage clipped (7) 11 Bunch of adolescents in trouble (3) 12 Unit in St. Helens collapsed anyway (11) 13 Adhering to religious law, manor welcomes adult (5) 14 Everything below ground except area opposite to 9 (9) 16 Famous lyricist’s first, say, to finish a line (9) 17 Sinister European lake (5) 19 SW city in action involving government trunks? (7,4) 22 At regular intervals strike match (3) 23 Dramatic scene involving 6 is revealing (7) 24 Chorister finally attempted three times as much (7) 26 African state initially understands consecutive notes (6) 27 Rubbish close to mound declined (7)
DOWN
1 Untidy heap hides stone inscription in cemetery (7) 2 In-flight blog not composed in a flash (4,2,9) 3 Innards of climbing scale insects secrete this (3) 4 Glossy material didn’t go out (5) 5 How computers work? Investigate it with colleague (9) 6 Note describing fringe topic (5) 7 Poetic work is unable to hide lies about Queen (10,5) 8 Fish oddly warm stormy seas (6) 12 Many long to acquire stuff to make hose (5) 14 Injured Asian nursing a broken leg gets pain relief (9) 15 What contains energy? This does (5) 16 Party member summed bill up, not taking sides (3,3) 18 English fixed, corrected and improved (7) 20 Old South American very angry after losing family (5) 21 Sheer, say (5) 25 Extremely little fellow primarily (3)
SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,780: ACROSS: 6 Action stations. 9 Pippin. 10 Arrogate. 11 Pharisee. 13 Deploy. 15 Nudist. 17 Angora. 19 Apiece. 20 Toboggan. 22 Giftwrap. 24 Legato. 26 Strong language. DOWN: 1 Vanishing point. 2 Step. 3 Pounds. 4 Harridan. 5 Ming. 7 Spades. 8 National anthem. 12 Ridge. 14 Prong. 16 Steerage. 18 Utopia. 21 Beluga. 23 Toot. 25 Goad.
PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,783, 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.