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. 14,886, 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 14,883: ACROSS: 6 Uncontrollable. 9 Offend. 10 Vertebra. 11 Tweezers. 13 Unease. 15 Exempt. 17 Adjoin. 19 Enzyme. 20 Godchild. 22 Agrarian. 24 Lambda. 26 Strong language. DOWN: 1 Guy Fawkes Night. 2 Acne. 3 On edge. 4 All-round. 5 Sage. 7 Revise. 8 Lords and ladies. 12 Emery. 14 Epoch. 16 Peelings. 18 Uganda. 21 Deluge. 23 Ahoy. 25 Moat. DAILY MAIL New Cryptic Crosswords — pit your wits against 100 of the trickiest cryptic puzzles ever to appear in your favourite paper. This book provides the ideal way to warm up your grey matter for a day’s work, or wind down and relax during those rare spare moments. Available from The Daily Mail bookshop on 0844 472 4157 or www.mailbookshop.co.uk at £5.99 free postage and packing.

ACROSS

1 Club heavy for trampolinist? (7) 5 Posh fellows put in 6 — it’s added at the end (6) 9 Investigate former Palestinian group engineers (7) 10 Sort of quaint European collectible perhaps (7) 11 Low endless heath (3) 12 Rex and Dan danced in a line — a long line (11) 13 Greek and English publishers association (5) 14 Amity is no alternative for this? It certainly is! (9) 16 Offend girl on good choral get-together (9) 17 I spot one boring fool (5) 19 Arrange to ring places with best view of scenery (5,6) 22 Solver caught something in a field (3) 23 Plant liable to become straggly without oxygen (7) 24 Basil, say, is different when in lead (7) 26 Direct scene involving a spiritualist meeting (6) 27 Counterattack injures posterior or is deflected (7)

DOWN

1 Ale in this could be minor irritation for Spooner (4,3) 2 A French part of speech a celeb messed up? It’s hard to say (15) 3 My Bill’s partner in cuddle (3) 4 Former official about the night before (5) 5 Mariner’s job: gain safe ground bearing starboard (9) 6 It’s extremely unpleasant following new diet (5) 7 Popular Queen’s visit is maybe what killed the cat (15) 8 Here’s why ultimately it’s an unorthodox view (6) 12 First letter from abroad received by local pharmacy (5) 14 Detest a nasty odour inmate spread about (9) 15 Jamie reduced fruit (5) 16 In auction, churchman gets seat at Ascot (6) 18 Shudder when soprano tackles Mozart overture (7) 20 Boy keeps nearly everything in sitting room (5) 21 Councillor entertains primate in illicit escapade (5) 25 Dump clue (3)