DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
No 15,993
PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,993, 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 15,990: ACROSS: 1 High seas. 5 Gossip. 9 Saucepan. 10 Louche. 12 Oops. 13 Immaterial. 15 Well-appointed. 19 Authoritarian. 23 Perishable. 25 Pair. 28 Origin. 29 Ignominy. 30 Scythe. 31 Cohesion. DOWN: 1 Hyssop. 2 Grump. 3 Stew. 4 Anaemia. 6 Ozone. 7 Sacristan. 8 Preclude. 11 Tamp. 14 Alto. 15 Water lily. 16 Pot. 17 Iris. 18 Car pools. 20 Imam. 21 Allegro. 22 Crayon. 24 Swish. 26 Alibi. 27 Doze.
ACROSS
1 Crazy motorist should not pull out here (5,3,4) 8 Such characters are inclined to indicate stress (7) 9 Present a united group of models (7) 11 Decayed matter in rotten tree that’s four feet long (10) 12 Users edit this when it’s known intimately at first (4) 14 Blood problem: stewed ox meat one answer? (8) 16 Epidemic in European capital changing sides (6) 17 Some or several, not 1000 (3) 19 Ex-president’s about once more, shunned by India (6) 21 Shy American finishes faulty motor I brought in (8) 24 Elevated part of leg, heading off (4) 25 Young person has trouble with the French perfume (10) 27 Harmless dose, liberal one coated in lead oxide (7) 28 Period silver collected by Irish unit (4,3) 29 She’s at opening, female sitting rowing with her Romeo (5-7)
DOWN
1 Run out wrong data on unknown driver’s charge (4,3) 2 River skirting province dead on one side (10) 3 Six delay awkward problem in Reading (8) 4 It’s planted and weeded to suppress disease (6) 5 Airline times recent arrival (4) 6 Wanting job in bakery, say? (7) 7 Dispatch trio, trained to show total command (12) 10 I invite users around buildings for students (12) 13 Initiate game hunting for one (5,5) 15 A series of books for colonist (3) 18 Surrendering unknown novelist dodging fine (8) 20 A devotee tours Grand Hotel with one Asian (7) 22 Like some concerts to start with song (4-3) 23 Stand beside a record-player at home, clutching disc (6) 26 Where servicemen eat pickle? (4)