DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Judge rarebit after cooking (7) 5 Cowdray’s old farm transport? (6) 9 He resolves query when monarch’s in residence (7) 10 Clean 3 foreign articles (7) 11 Beast when small (3) 12 Invalid northern uni student put down very old papers (4,3,4) 13 Young bird left in Soweto without housing (5) 14 No plainer representation and no better example (9) 16 Airline advocates caging one’s lizards (9) 17 Queen’s consort ignored British warning (5) 19 In difficulties, her dad’s worried about papers (4-7) 22 Vehicle’s about right (3) 23 Suppress loud yelp after scrubbing a child (7) 24 Old play I’m adapting for London venue (7) 26 Rewrite score, adding time for person accompanying (6) 27 Having acquired new desk, chairman manages OK (5,2)
DOWN
1 Aga goes out? That was a long time in the past (4,3) 2 EU HQ talks at length about restricted vegetables (8,7) 3 Seaman ties all ropes for starters (3) 4 Two men meet princess, for instance (5) 5 I spoilt an abstract – using these by mistake? (3,6) 6 Board game doesn’t end like all answers here (5) 7 Do they pick up oxygen in scattered Pleiades with 26? (5,10) 8 New wife’s neckwear for jumper mentioned? (6) 12 Wood that is missing in former SA province (5) 14 Army building tension after burst of sunshine (6,3) 15 Give notice about conflict (5) 16 Order cream man imported (6) 18 Fighter moves to and fro, knocking out fellow (7) 20 Viral disease I caught during game (5) 21 18 wrecks most about end of November (5) 25 American’s forgotten name for hairy beast (3) PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 14,681, 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 14,678: ACROSS: 6 Traffic wardens. 9 Blotto. 10 Apposite. 11 Attendee. 13 Big toe. 15 Recipe. 17 Geisha. 19 Make do. 20 Doggy bag. 22 Tiramisu. 24 Opiate. 26 Small intestine. DOWN: 1 Utilitarianism. 2 Wait. 3 Afford. 4 Palpable. 5 Odes. 7 Chapel. 8 National anthem. 12 Emcee. 14 Gusty. 16 Prolific. 18 Adjust. 21 Grouse. 23 Ally. 25 Ibis.