DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
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SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,300: ACROSS: 1 Inarticulate. 8 Erratum. 9 Network. 11 Reasserted. 12 Stun. 14 Cesspool. 16 Toupee. 17 Was. 19 Acetic. 21 Clearing. 24 Iota. 25 Graph paper. 27 Nirvana. 28 Henbane. 29 Black and blue. DOWN: 1 Inroads. 2 Antiseptic. 3 Tomorrow. 4 Convey. 5 Lute. 6 Two-step. 7 Depreciation. 10 Kindergarten. 13 Solar panel. 15 Lac. 18 Slipshod. 20 Enthral. 22 In place. 23 Armada. 26 Talc. 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 Book Shop, call 0844 571 0640 or visit www.mailbookshop.co.uk . P&P free on orders over £12.
ACROSS
1 Very busy printer finally put in tender for flier (11) 9 Wise men invested in stylish English picture (7) 10 It may summon doctor in black jumper, say (7) 11 Nice street plant (3) 12 Loyalist threesome entertained by Irishman (7) 13 Cafe group recruits bouncer (7) 14 Odd characters quit Algeria to get money in Europe (3) 15 Music performance, no-frills duet (5) 17 This is a royal accessory, the tops! (5) 18 Dated fool in gym (5) 20 Poles hold one church service (5) 22 Promise to pay is somewhat ambitious (3) 24 Repel aristocrat nicking vase (4,3) 25 Does it help Irish copper get into helmet? (7) 26 14 spread inaccurate story (3) 27 It may be drawn out in steel after hammering (7) 28 Like some doors in Paris museum duke added (7) 29 The Spanish concert is broadcast using this technology (11)
DOWN
1 Take this out to cure anorexic? Sure can, if ordered (6,9) 2 Trouble in China sending out messages (7) 3 One rook’s in trap still (5) 4 Get lost on mountain clutching short message for agent (2-7) 5 At home, demand’s rough (7) 6 Tactful policemen arrest Republican officials in embassy (10,5) 7 Drive off in battered diesel with prince, not earl (6) 8 Black Sea area unsettles America endlessly (6) 16 Not entirely neglectful suspect to show humility (9) 18 Some shoot at opposition, backing King Edward perhaps (6) 19 Contentious European cause (7) 21 Incentives union kept within crude limits (7) 23 DIY nut is bedraggled and dishevelled (6) 25 I’m surprised Head Office welcomes English students (5)