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. 15,666, 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.
SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,663: ACROSS: 1 Christening. 9 Condone. 10 Top gear. 11 Aye. 12 Roe deer. 13 Risotto. 14 Hop. 15 Sigma. 17 Ochre. 18 Merit. 20 Ionic. 22 Tor. 24 Sinuous. 25 Transit. 26 Any. 27 Sloe gin. 28 Ice pack. 29 Sitting duck. DOWN: 1 Contemporaneous. 2 Reopens. 3 Shear. 4 Entertain. 5 Impasto. 6 Great white shark. 7 Scorch. 8 Groove. 16 Glissandi. 18 Misuse. 19 Thought. 21 Chateau. 23 Retake. 25 Tying. 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 £15.
ACROSS
6 Car follows U.S. river to find pest (8,6) 9 A sample nearly spoiled constituent of blood (6) 10 Finish off creamy dessert, also known as Greek dish (8) 11 Grow about 50 for the first time in estate (8) 13 Contribution from Northwestern Mutual reversed fall (6) 15 Spooks supplying weapons to protect city (6) 17 Stay on key (6) 19 Crackling noise coming from radio, not mobile (6) 20 Denied stock tucked into grass (8) 22 Stewed rice came as dessert (3,5) 24 Inspecting shell (6) 26 Angry opera star flips — it’s perfect for cast (7,2,5)
DOWN
1 Crumbling calcite scale is concerning clergy (14) 2 Benefit that’s almost luxurious (4) 3 Misprints lead to traitor being caught in time (6) 4 Pig-headed board ordered to pen union note (8) 5 Notice fellow put up rates (4) 7 Switch German article about a short distance (6) 8 Didn’t like being included in picture agreement (4-10) 12 Change U.S. lawyer in apartment (5) 14 Finished tribute to honoured guest (5) 16 They may potentially cram keel (8) 18 Word game about film . . . (6) 21 . . . in which these are flexed to procure fungi, say (6) 23 Mould actors (4) 25 Lively senior people respect youth leaders (4)