SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 16,003:

ACROSS: 1 Perambulator. 8 Roped in. 9 Florida. 11 Air letters. 12 Fowl. 14 Upstream. 16 Far off. 17 Ear. 19 Equine. 21 Wireless. 24 Ugly. 25 Tongue-tied. 27 Trachea. 28 Inspire. 29 Characterise. DOWN: 1 Papyrus. 2 Red herring. 3 Minutiae. 4 Unfurl. 5 Anon. 6 Orinoco. 7 Treasure hunt. 10 All of a sudden. 13 Paderewski. 15 Maw. 18 Ringside. 20 Unleash. 22 Edifice. 23 Mosaic. 26 Whir.