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. 14,991, 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.

ACROSS

1 Catch this, or win a turbot possibly (7,5) 8 Condition in which a name’s misplaced, I gathered (7) 9 Old weapon made as mark of great respect in the East (7) 11 Living in a nunnery, it’s colder working to conserve energy (10) 12 Trouble following judge? You may end up here (4) 14 National winner backed by the Queen? He makes a killing (8) 16 Mother accepts employment as curator here? (6) 17 Short Roman garment giving a measure of insulation (3) 19 Study of how we see old photographs? About time! (6) 21 Seize property outlet — German is in it (8) 24 Sea bass (4) 25 Where profit is recorded from range of pants? (6,4) 27 Fury overwhelms a politician in riot (7) 28 Detest keeping dry compound to absorb water (7) 29 Colette and Pearl displayed articles in shiny coats (12)

DOWN

1 Reported private soldier showing bitterness (7) 2 Firm demand nun mostly in pub goes to church (10) 3 Couple rented out piece of jewellery (8) 4 Worker who joins wife is followed by senior church figure (6) 5 Sports strip border with no black (4) 6 Argue inanely about doctor’s offence (7) 7 Deploying coldwater pump almost makes toilet drier (6,6) 10 Courteous men learn dancing in 4’s joint (4-8) 13 Classy, limited mix in master’s educational materials (10) 15 Pistol removes rear half of rat, say (3) 18 Where to get present good work to retain new shift (4,4) 20 Another male’s content to produce hot air (7) 22 Inject life into a lousy team touring province (7) 23 Problem absorbs upper-class showoff (6) 26 Secular bunch of officials turned up (4)