DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
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SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,143: ACROSS: 1 Thorough. 5 Censor. 9 Migraine. 10 Sherpa. 12 Rank. 13 Home truths. 15 Fruit machines. 19 Grappling iron. 23 Saturnalia. 25 Oboe. 28 Exodus. 29 Striking. 30 Losses. 31 Analogue. DOWN: 1 Timbre. 2 Organ. 3 Oral. 4 Gunboat. 6 Ether. 7 Serotonin. 8 Reassess. 11 Mega. 14 Bump. 15 Fractious. 16 Men. 17 Horn. 18 Eggshell. 20 Iran. 21 Glisten. 22 Reggae. 24 Route. 26 Bling. 27 Mill. 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 I meet odd cats everywhere, most of them like this (12) 8 Insert poles into pipe under sink to release pressure? (7) 9 Play about church? Greeks nearly returned to it lately (7) 11 Brown runs into tower loft (6,4) 12 These choreographers cover foxtrot’s forerunner (4) 14 Cool dance church banned? Try one from Spain (8) 16 Pod makes husband sick in Channel Islands (6) 17 Old fellows’ cricket side (3) 19 Spread sail in extremes of easterly with no problem (6) 21 Send out images of note about king hosting earl (8) 24 Old lady makes almost £1000 (4) 25 Peers anxious about current standard in banter (10) 27 Pete’s mate’s gone off, showing old resentment (7) 28 Sports presenter’s getting thinner on top (7) 29 Chemical for medal brewed by Jekyll’s alter ego (12) DOWN 1 His work’s rubbish and must undergo changes (7) 2 Stain English item of furniture that can be sold (10) 3 Group seem endlessly perplexed by Freudian concept (8) 4 At home, party men like some party games (6) 5 A sailor’s described as Greek hero (4) 6 It’s just time to leave athletic ground (7) 7 Mature wild gull fed twice, extremely lucky to be saved (5,7) 10 Magnetic ore disrupted unknown power source (6,6) 13 Characters from UCL fly here after work with Joy (10) 15 Ring paper frequently (3) 18 It’s likely iron is able to be twisted (8) 20 Nasty character whose name I’ve forgotten (2-3-2) 22 Picture figure inscribed with one number (7) 23 Think about names for Herb (6) 26 Judge is restricted by trade embargo (4)