CROSSWORD

No 1,513 £500 TO BE WON

TO ENTER Complete the crossword and count how many times the letter ‘A’ appears in the grid. Text YOU followed by a space, your answer (the number of ‘A’s) and name to 65700, eg, YOU 9 Sue Smith. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate. Or telephone 0905 652 2141 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Or post your entry to YOU Crossword No 1,513, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday 28 October. One random winner from all correct entries will win £250 and five runners-up will win £50 each. If you enter after the closing date you will not be included but may still be charged. Phone and text helpline: 0808 272 0808. Winners will be notified by phone within 14 days. Solution in two weeks.

ACROSS

7 Metal policeman? (6) 9 His courage at the end of 13, 19 and 22 across stops 11 across from being one (8) 10 Area, zone (8) 11 Lead character (surname) of 13, 19 and 22 across (6) 12 Deliver a sermon (6) 13 (and 19 across, 22 across) 1859 novel by 5 down (1,4,2,3,6) 15 Fastened around the head of a horse to feed it (7) 17 Person who serves in an army (7) 19 See 13 across 20 Trickery, as practised by 11 across in 13, 19 and 22 across (6) 22 See 13 across 23 Concurring (8) 24 Person who gets married while still legally married to another (8) 25 Not present (6)

DOWN

1 Where a company’sexecutivesdirectors Revolution meetor (9) 2 which provided the backdrop to 13, 19 and 22 across (6) 3 Keen on something incomplete? (7) 4 Short or clipped, as in music (8) 5 19th-century

6 novelistafteronethe and8 VacationPerson flights, paymentstay horses and (7,7) (7,7) who transfersin (5) which coverslooks 14 13, 19 22 across famous Creative, one has (9)a 16 especiallyit comes to when painting (8) 18 Allegiance (7) 20 Surname adopted by Charles in 13, 19 and 22 across (6) 21 Note having the time value of half a semibreve (5)