DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,822:
ACROSS: 1 Slipped disc. 9 Parapet. 10 Acerbic. 11 Cat. 12 Haporth. 13 Have-not. 14 Toe. 15 Loser. 17 Ratty. 18 Cuffs. 20 Fry-up. 22 Ice. 24 Mr Right. 25 Elegiac. 26 Yen. 27 Dragoon. 28 Nonstop. 29 Hair trigger. DOWN: 1 Strapped for cash. 2 Imperil. 3 Pitch. 4 Diathermy. 5 Ice over. 6 Cabinet minister. 7 Upshot. 8 Scatty. 16 Safety net. 18 Comedy. 19 Signori. 21 Pfennig. 23 Except. 25 Ennui.
ACROSS
6 Surrey town celebrates introducing royal committees (7,7) 9 It’s OK to eat and stay over with the French (6) 10 Headgear for each one, worn in Georgian society primarily (8) 11 A couple touring place gets cut off (8) 13 Get big end and a gear fixed here (6) 15 Victory was his in more ways than one (6) 17 Race over small bends (6) 19 Hint to Spain: move carefully (6) 20 Perfect runner tripped over one close to falling (8) 22 Wear these when destroying knapweeds heartlessly? (4,4) 24 Troops relax outside tourist centre (6) 26 College girl: ‘I lie about a grade’ (14)
DOWN
1 Repair West Indian loom, lacking depth (3-11) 2 Seize short canal boat heading north (4) 3 Films came in after being edited (6) 4 Song nearly made a girl dizzy (8) 5 Pack tons into broadcast (4) 7 Good work by that woman tunneller (6) 8 Promise token, booking call (10,4) 12 A place to sleep in Brittany that’s dark (5) 14 Does he regret pinching large stationery item? (5) 16 Exaggerated time saved by drinks dispenser (8) 18 Cloth mostly covering English breakfast (6) 21 Wear a different variable hearing aid (6) 23 It’s not hard contributing to Save As You Earn (4) 25 Hide son with other relatives (4)