DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,213

Prizes of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,213, 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 Former press workers and kind people like me (11) 9 Wrong name given to individual flower (7) 10 Quiet and oddly eerie about midnight when moon’s closest (7) 11 A couple of old pennies count (3) 12 Apprentice left lucrative job (7) 13 Lower heat in engine or a coil possibly (3-4) 14 Wife approved cooking utensil (3) 15 Twice Bexhill-on-Sea hosts return of sailing ship (5) 17 Go with spouse endlessly to church (5) 18 Murderous armed fraternity in America primarily (5) 20 Amateur lacking in backbone for meeting at Murrayfield (5) 22 It comes from layer in, say, top of ground (3) 24 They famously conduct Mr. Satie’s arrangement (7) 25 Scan it to find what to pay or how to dress in pub? (3,4) 26 Unmarried presently? (3) 27 Carole unfortunately catches hospital disease (7) 28 An error in English is stupid (7) 29 AA member perhaps swims with old chap and one aircraftman (11)

DOWN

1 The middle of nowhere is H, so what is D? (3,4,2,6) 2 Hope dashed by cuts announced in US state capital (7) 3 Ancient weapon European found in yard (5) 4 Top artiste initially pranced about like Astaire (3,6) 5 One implicated in bungled murder’s vital in hearing (7) 6 Leo perhaps gets indicator from old Ford (4,2,3,6) 7 Candlemaker’s unbelievable old wife (6) 8 Violating the law can create prosperity (6) 16 A fool’s upended in bachelor party, gets punishment (9) 18 Note Mike’s copies (6) 19 A silly person buys new place in Belgium (7) 21 Small car loaded with paintings and drink (7) 23 Old codger, say, upset Scrooge? Not half! (6) 25 Master Swahili (5)