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. 14,180, 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.

SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 14,177: ACROSS: 1 Proletariat. 9 Yule log. 10 Literal. 11 Lei. 12 Plumage. 13 Bauxite. 14 Cos. 15 Esher. 17 Elope. 18 Motif. 20 Tryst. 22 Ill. 24 Farrago. 25 Snarl-up. 26 Tap. 27 Antenna. 28 Also-ran. 29 Dishonestly. DOWN: 1 Polyunsaturated. 2 On leave. 3 Eagle. 4 At liberty. 5 Intrude. 6 Territorial Army. 7 Myopic. 8 Sleeve. 16 Hot potato. 18 Mafias. 19 Flaunts. 21 Transit. 23 Lupine. 25 Space. DAILY MAIL New Cryptic Crosswords — pit your wits against 100 of the trickiest cryptic puzzles ever to appear in your favourite paper. This book provides the ideal way to warm up your grey matter for a day’s work, or wind down and relax during those rare spare moments. Available from The Daily Mail bookshop on 0845 155 0720 or www.mailbookshop.co.uk at £5.99 free postage and packing.

ACROSS

6 They limit speech and varied comments elsewhere (8,6) 9 Made runs — 20, followed by 500 (6) 10 Façade’s French, not out of place, mature (8) 11 King’s in love with Queen and Arsenal employee? (8) 13 A turn in the North Sea? (6) 15 Bad negotiators forfeit grant — it’s superfluous (6) 17 Wall-painting by old worker rejected by firm (6) 19 Work out theorem? Hard going for space traveller (6) 20 Help for relatives is occupying top men abroad (8) 22 Economise and dig another ditch? (8) 24 Game’s over in Maine part of course (6) 26 Bentham’s idea’s maybe antialtruism, I claimed twice (14)

DOWN

1 Never comment frivolously after religious tactic (6,8) 2 State definitely involved in slavery (4) 3 Dealer lifted communist paintings (6) 4 Glass boat (8) 5 Leave out ring with German (4) 7 Even characters in Beirut have backed off struggle (6) 8 It illuminates fish on river with a simple arrangement (10,4) 12 Jamie reduced fruit (5) 14 13 perhaps put in order around Kent, say (5) 16 For three nights at sea, he and I need this power (8) 18 It is weighed by 4 as part of branch order (6) 21 Secretary spread out maps to reveal vast plains (6) 23 Bank securely? Not half (4) 25 Boring guy doesn’t really interest people at first (4)