SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,824:

ACROSS: 1 Field glasses. 8 Sponsor. 9 Vacuous. 11 Exaggerate. 12 Pier. 14 Beetroot. 16 Impair. 17 Mad. 19 Yeoman. 21 Tax rates. 24 Ides. 25 Aggression. 27 Enliven. 28 Marital. 29 Hydrogen bomb. DOWN: 1 Footage. 2 East German. 3 Darkroom. 4 Levity. 5 Sack. 6 Exotica. 7 Assembly line. 10 Surprisingly. 13 Impresario. 15 Tat. 18 Dairyman. 20 Overlay. 22 Twin-tub. 23 Eggnog. 26 Ever.