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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today’s answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 16,686, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be date-stamped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls/texts must be received by 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, exc NI. Terms apply, see Page 64.

ACROSS

1 Claim a state hoards copper and sulphur (7) 5 Oil group among thousands making money in Russia (6) 9 Utilitaria­nism’s proponent corrupted poor actor (7) 10 Julia is one concealing affair (7) 11 Former Russian boss ejects singular sailor (3) 12 Mess here that’s sort of cool and genteel (4,7) 13 Leave resort in Adriatic (5) 14 Small firm returns to liaise somehow and meet people (9) 16 Exemplary poster on island border withdrawn (9) 17 Start cameras

rolling here (5) 19 Tough characteri­stic of

powerful batter (4-7) 22 Deer run out first

in evening (3) 23 Lots here in uniform blocking director’s instructio­n (7) 24 Painter dislocates leg dealing with business (2,5) 26 Where to find clean

clothing for surfing? (6) 27 Under the table, i.e. deeply drunk, having put away litres (3-4)

DOWN

1 Plant an assassin in Rome having promoted Republican (7) 2 It suggests Eric’s from

Panama perhaps (7,8) 3 Note reduced army

marching north (3) 4 Book in posh car

for dance (5) 5 Shortly dispatch old bike to get former unit (9) 6 Ring about rare item of

some value (5) 7 Superficia­l rush on line to acquire facelift maybe (8,7) 8 Primarily sore joints said to be a sign of flu? (6) 12 Record piece covered

by the Carpenters (5) 14 Import material (9) 15 Mike leaves gammon

boiling in between (5) 16 Monastic community

has rancid butter (6) 18 Position of advantage to see bishop departing (7) 20 Inspired by success, amateur reaches one part of Hispaniola (5) 21 Rocks at the front

freeze (3,2) 25 My half of horse? (3)

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