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. 14,965, 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 14,962: ACROSS: 6 Pins and needles. 9 Edible. 10 In spades. 11 Eminence. 13 Evenly. 15 Occupy. 17 Adverb. 19 Poseur. 20 Teddy boy. 22 Virtuoso. 24 Dinghy. 26 Stamp collector. DOWN: 1 Epidemiologist. 2 Snub. 3 Take in. 4 Bedstead. 5 Idea. 7 Driver. 8 Everly Brothers. 12 Nacre. 14 Emery. 16 Perforce. 18 Stroll. 21 Dodder. 23 Tome. 25 Nuts.
ACROSS
1 A little person from Warsaw, young swimmer (7) 5 Old Indonesian islander backing American Indian (6) 9 Whiskey drunk in ‘Dynasty’? (7) 10 Girl tours central London area to find fuel (7) 11 It’s easy to drop this catch (3) 12 Women greeting GP in Cornish town for tricky sessions? (5,6) 13 Old city bar and its location (5) 14 He’s behind chief accountant’s recurring problems (9) 16 Western marshal enhances listening device (9) 17 Millions face outstanding cut (5) 19 Top man very worried about Spain getting extra reward (11) 22 Money container (3) 23 It may form oval cone after energy’s spent (7) 24 Lead chokes pet dog? More haste, less speed, perhaps (7) 26 I wear a dinner jacket working for neighbour (6) 27 Broadcast omits Mendelssohn’s first passage (7)
DOWN
1 Present a uniform to create dramatic picture (7) 2 Labour rebel led out 500, e.g. Marshall-Andrews? (6-9) 3 King opens old book, a symbol of his power (3) 4 Some ski unnervingly, somersaulting in depression (5) 5 Dispute about cold and hot spirit upset late drinks (9) 6 Guest leaves it out in shade (5) 7 John has set views about church member (8,7) 8 Group holding power exerts grip (6) 12 Half of Hampshire city’s disregarded crank (5) 14 Head office money wasted on union trip (9) 15 Let in Daily Mail leaders during perfect time (5) 16 Pistol’s stripped in advance (6) 18 He’s stupid partly avoiding battles (7) 20 Quiet architect behind the Shard (5) 21 Essex pathologist welcomes person working abroad (5) 25 Old London museum’s cells (3)