SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 16,005 —

ACROSS: 1 Test case. 5 Heroic. 9 Luminary. 10 Tattoo. 12 Once. 13 Spare tyres. 15 Every which way. 19 Rotten borough. 23 Headmaster. 25 Adze. 28 Bridal. 29 Teahouse. 30 Twenty. 31 Argument.

DOWN: 1 Tallow. 2 Sumac. 3 Cant. 4 Scrappy. 6 Enact. 7 Outgrowth. 8 Cross-eye. 11 Arch. 14 Sere. 15 Extradite. 16 Woo. 17 Chum. 18 Prohibit. 20 Bash. 21 Roe deer. 22 Reheat. 24 Meant. 26 Deuce. 27 Thou.