SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,620:

ACROSS: 1 Post meridiem. 8 Reorder. 9 Purlieu. 11 Step by step. 12 Chic. 14 Embossed. 16 Rotten. 17 Nil. 19 Accede. 21 Dictator. 24 Idle. 25 Solar panel. 27 Egotist. 28 Unaware. 29 Off the record. DOWN: 1 Proverb. 2 Side by side. 3 Marksmen. 4 Rapper. 5 Darn. 6 Epithet. 7 Crossexamine. 10 Uncontrolled. 13 Fortepiano. 15 Did. 18 Ligature. 20 Call off. 22 Tankard. 23 Soothe. 26 Hilt.