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. 14,851, 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 14,848: ACROSS: 6 Herpetologists. 9 Presto. 10 Hogshead. 11 Faithful. 13 Argufy. 15 Enigma. 17 Heroic. 19 Stress. 20 Universe. 22 Scaffold. 24 Streak. 26 Blow hot and cold. DOWN: 1 Pharmaceutical. 2 Arms. 3 Set off. 4 Roughage. 5 Fish. 7 On hold. 8 Traffic islands. 12 Twine. 14 Gnome. 16 Mastodon. 18 Tundra. 21 Inside. 23 Fawn. 25 Rood.
ACROSS
1 Lens that’s free of charge in Bali, oddly (7) 5 Los Angeles can ring South American living there (6) 9 Serious eastern novel (7) 10 Engaged man handling national funds (7) 11 Gallery cut tawdry stuff (3) 12 Tube worker pulled through after puffing (4,7) 13 Sign tooth decay’s beginning to disappear (5) 14 Hippo, say, extremely happy in cramped compound (9) 16 A lot like a cakewalk perhaps? (9) 17 Smith works at this when Number 5’s in trouble (5) 19 Jazz fan in Chester who wore a grin and nothing else? (8,3) 22 Overturn cask to get a dram (3) 23 American Indians seen busily gathering fruit (7) 24 Left in charge of old entrance to mansion (7) 26 Abandon bear crossing river (6) 27 Rule that wasted energy round start of century (7)
DOWN
1 Insect meets horrible fate getting drink (4,3) 2 Officer’s unit is annoyed with fan letter (5,10) 3 It’s used to make pots and cruses occasionally (3) 4 The French sheep relax (3,2) 5 Bar first pair, specify cell changes in growth phases (4,5) 6 Faint colour contributes to printing error (5) 7 Hands-off policy on TV in nine or ten plays (15) 8 Engineers repeatedly beat racehorse (3,3) 12 Sat with composure, showing no ego (5) 14 Jail evil person, impressing royal correspondent (3,6) 15 Brewer’s agent put contents of cask in still (5) 16 Sort out cases involving clubs’ admission (6) 18 Layperson managed to avoid an infectious disease (7) 20 Stainer’s numbers tackled by male alto (5) 21 Tent-dweller lost money in crime (5) 25 Game rejected by runner (3)