CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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 16,880, 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+, excl NI. Terms apply, see Page 60.

ACROSS

1 Stooping swift and

how it flies? (6-5) 9 Influences one parliamentarian when holding court (7) 10 Detains suspect

by choice (7) 11 One’s distraught

for a long time (3) 12 Supporter entertaining

United’s founder (7) 13 Fundamentally, hounds

inspire this cry (5-2) 14 General involves this

subdivision of 11 (3) 15 Run through roughly

in theatre (5) 17 Parts of speech made by women in order to receive Oscar (5) 18 One runs crazy risk going

round front of Eiger? (5) 20 Pick the Spanish sci-fi

film about Cuba (5) 22 Second Pennsylvania

spring (3) 24 Reticent secular

Tory intervenes (7) 25 Fool exploiting

fire-fighter’s job (7) 26 Inspect centre (3) 27 County about to accommodate painting and drawing (7) 28 They protect a stolen mobile (4-3) 29 I stay on working to cover new officer changing beat (11)

DOWN

1 Discreet police seize radical staff in embassy (10,5) 2 Perplexing relative academician brought up (7) 3 Sort of dinghy or

cutter maybe (5) 4 Five times as many stop hosting new couple wanting company (9) 5 Diabetic takes this home after nonstop abuse (7) 6 Stay cool but don’t

take off top (4,4,5,2) 7 Short wave radio initially left in burst pipe (6) 8 Notice reader’s

extra features (3-3) 16 In moving score, start of cello finale’s growing louder (9) 18 Join southern constabulary, lacking nothing (6) 19 Criticise brief

summary (7) 21 Chap standing up in shabby suit gives big wave (7) 23 Distinguished visitor, gutted, pursuing gold (6) 25 Dutch officer appears in each letter from Greece (5)