DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Old projector shows weird garment covering one tribe (5,7) 8 Earl interrupts a quest organised for matches (7) 9 What child does with shillings in class (5,2) 11 Adult pulls rope apart — it’s multifunctional (3-7) 12 A selection of emoticons is concerning listeners (4) 14 Small house in Cork, a depressed area (8) 16 Strip club behind room decorated in gilded finish (6) 17 The French get very little change in Sofia (3) 19 Abandoned clue for Lily? (6) 21 Head man from Warsaw’s a tall thin person (8) 24 Proprietor never collects rent (4) 25 Hopeless sailor put down whale fat, heading off (10) 27 Well-developed, like some broad figures (7) 28 Formula for The Golden Mean? Recall half of it (7) 29 What’s set in front of staff? Cooked turkey in sage (3,9)

DOWN

1 Foolishly sentimental woman gets nothing in return (7) 2 How rainwater escapes, say, or how some people say it? (10) 3 In which to find ‘eco-slops’ decomposing? (8) 4 Golden and mainly breezy time of year? (6) 5 Go round old besieged city in Turkey (4) 6 Food’s very dry in port (7) 7 Maybe Robert and Paul tour in the morning in first carriage (12) 10 Imagine brother and me in decorative border (7,5) 13 Our van and a ute rebuilt in style of C R Mackintosh (3,7) 15 Trap’s flipping bewildering at first (3) 18 Veteran volunteers keep close in long row (8) 20 Order U-turn to do with upbringing (7) 22 Chancellor’s Victorian house in Isle of Wight (7) 23 Devoted follower makes circuit on track (6) 26 What are the chances of eccentrics forgetting one tie? (4)

NO 15066 PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,066, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be...