DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Old trick reduced wrapping for milk container (7) 5 Steep fines managed to curb union (6) 9 Oval pills foolishly swallowed by English earl (7) 10 Arab once more reversed falls (7) 11 Port or whiskey? (3) 12 Rebuild turrets and cure crumbling (11) 13 Add wordplay, for example, to parts (3,2) 14 Cocky British Unionist MP is out after corruption (9) 16 June lies horribly about 5 young people (9) 17 Recall story about college’s conspicuous success (5) 19 Time for refreshment and for beefcake display (6,5) 22 Bend over at the front at end of show? (3) 23 Winding tributaries lost bits in old part of Italy (7) 24 Get ready to fence in kitchen garden (2,5) 26 Rise when about to finish (6) 27 Put off performance involving amateur (7)

DOWN

1 Solve real mix-up in sporting contest (5,2) 2 IMF etc. covers all absurd features of Soviet agriculture (10,5) 3 Pinch pin-up (3) 4 Beginner abandons highlight for hair (5) 5 Stupid person may be amusing or boring (9) 6 Old currency smuggled into football club (5) 7 Second title for beauty, exotic one in harbour (6,2,7) 8 Stop a person stealing documents (6) 12 Dispute name in bankruptcy (3-2) 14 Charge directors collectively for hoarding (9) 15 Take new wife inside for a minor adjustment (5) 16 Rider’s funny story about colt with pony’s tail (6) 18 Blond guy who messed up during drunken date (7) 20 Spooky English lake that becomes 10 (5) 21 Press boss to bring in people to make changes (5) 25 Upstage posh young lady (3)

NO 14736 PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 14,736, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postma