DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 16,013, 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 16,010:
ACROSS: 1 Accurate. 5 Heaped. 9 Men-of-war. 10 Mosaic. 12 User. 13 Efficiency. 15 Prince consort. 19 Burnt offering. 23 Troubadour. 25 Afro. 28 Usable. 29 Backstop. 30 Thebes. 31 Per annum. DOWN: 1 Armour. 2 Canoe. 3 Ruff. 4 Traffic. 6 E coli. 7 Plainsong. 8 Decrypts. 11 Disc. 14 Dint. 15 Perforate. 16 Elf. 17 Naif. 18 Obstruct. 20 Fade. 21 Educate. 22 Pompom. 24 Bilge. 26 Futon. 27 Okra.
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ACROSS
1 At sea, even he said ship shows stickability? (12) 8 Drive off to tackle current in Wash (7) 9 Single-digit growth could generate elation (7) 11 Arthur’s supporters present after drinks (5,5) 12 Relatives retain large apparatus for firing (4) 14 Prevent check involving faculty in recession (8) 16 East African set off at first by West African state (6) 17 Trim uniform in court (3) 19 Involve English– Latin translation (6) 21 Follow Filipino around north (3,5) 24 Traced way back with European wife (4) 25 Recompense people in part, certainly not COD (10) 27 Met branch where brave mariners hang out? (7) 28 Leo strays into ugly wild wood at Christmas (4,3) 29 Hard to assess one MP on breadline, sadly not elected (12)
DOWN
1 Early disturbances in the style of spirits (7) 2 Very excited, Mike receives overdose by such means? (10) 3 Picadors get thrown around every now and then (8) 4 Important organs, first of three in small bottles (6) 5 Want daughter originally called first (4) 6 Fortitude enlivens rising after energy’s dropped (7) 7 Surely Finder’s designed to be easily operated (4-8) 10 Moor here securing theatre (7,5) 13 Charitable group burly actor reformed (6,4) 15 Buff bit of mast (3) 18 HMRC client invests earnings in extra ground (8) 20 The old rock band’s formula (7) 22 Hide love story very nearly spiked (7) 23 Supplied stuff inside, mounted (6) 26 It’s weird climbing over a part of wall (4)