CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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 16,955, 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+, excl NI. Terms apply, see Page 56.

ACROSS

1 Phone city worried about large college such as this? (11)

9 Metal miners surround old boy between islands (7)

10 Angry retort about university’s harsh treatment (7)

11 Greek character in

‘Metamorphoses’ (3)

12 Oscar’s plump

and verbose (7)

13 Native American’s

hairstyle (7)

14 Almost stripped pub (3) 15 Troops heading west eat

first of milled wheat (5) 17 Loves being in London university that’s relaxed (5) 18 It preserves a condiment but not all of it (5) 20 Uniform cut in manoeuvres (5) 22 Deer occasionally killed on way back (3)

24 Lay couple invested in gold rand (7) 25 Drunk keeps going this evening (7)

26 I don’t like that tub without tap primarily (3)

27 Cooker, hot one, impresses independent composer (7) 28 Ignorant cast run away nonstop with euros (7) 29 Room breadth affected essential part of PC (11)

DOWN

1 Oprah bought lamp designed for picture store (10,5)

2 Free time that is about to break stupid rules (7)

3 Subdued, thanks

to a lot of water (5)

4 Boat is able to cross

a river in Devon (9)

5 Arctic swimmer raced

over with Harry (7)

6 It became established in Common Era briefly (6,2,7)

7 Bury note after treatment by doctor (6)

8 Typically Irish guy with 6 raising spirits here? (6)

16 Complex robot fitted in Michael’s vehicle (9)

18 Indifference of a priest at start and end of homily (6)

19 Rowers ignored short alternative to 13? (4,3)

21 Communicant at altar welcomes choral piece (7)

23 Clear up after

Christopher’s pet (6) 25 Hitch with umbrella?

Only part of it (5)