SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,568:

ACROSS: 1 Sweepstakes. 9 Croatia. 10 Radical. 11 Lam. 12 Take aim. 13 Avignon. 14 Can. 15 Tiara. 17 Smash. 18 Unfit. 20 Eat up. 22 Yet. 24 Well-fed. 25 Pandora. 26 Ova. 27 Re-elect. 28 Nankeen. 29 Small screen. DOWN: 1 Stocking fillers. 2 Entrant. 3 Psalm. 4 Termagant. 5 Kiddies. 6 Secondary modern. 7 Acetic. 8 Plinth. 16 Anecdotal. 18 Upward. 19 Taffeta. 21 Penance. 23 Trains. 25 Panic.