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. 15,397, 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 15,394: ACROSS: 1 Primate. 5 Launch. 9 Art deco. 10 Drifter. 11 Toe. 12 Abyssinians. 13 Coati. 14 Arrowhead. 16 Specially. 17 Dense. 19 Firefighter. 22 Urn. 23 Leaflet. 24 Bathtub. 26 Oh dear. 27 Acolyte. DOWN: 1 Plastic. 2 In the same breath. 3 Ace. 4 Ebony. 5 Led astray. 6 Union. 7 Cottage industry. 8 Erased. 12 Alibi. 14 Alligator. 15 Wader. 16 Safely. 18 Ennoble. 20 False. 21 Tibia. 25 Too. 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 Book Shop, call 0844 571 0640 or visit www.mailbookshop.co.uk . P&P free on orders over £12.
ACROSS
1 Software to run cricket ground gets go-ahead (8) 5 U.S. political group like leaving range in Georgia (6) 9 Unionist grandee amazingly not old enough to vote? (8) 10 Give offence to a disputed area in Ukraine (6) 12 Those items finish off topic (4) 13 Irish revolutionary in strangely accurate cartoon (10) 15 Expert joins a group tackling hospital bonus scheme (6-7) 19 Entertainer controversially quits in revolt (13) 23 Working 12 to 1 with youth leader? Just right (2,3,5) 25 Vehicle carrying last letter for old Russian boss (4) 28 Here the French catch cold, sign of freezing weather (6) 29 Crooked diver occasionally robbed this? (5,3) 30 Woman with ornate hat and tight dress (6) 31 On-line ID menus are encrypted (8)
DOWN
1 Site a university in big town? Smart thinking (6) 2 Services minister departs in cut (5) 3 Artist pursues fine plant (4) 4 Asian writer follows a lover round Grand Hotel (7) 6 Savour steak, ignoring odd bits — lots of blood in it (5) 7 In court, I summon agitated left-winger (9) 8 Hunt for food in different caves around England (8) 11 Long to see girl (4) 14 Hog last of ouzo in pub (4) 15 Remove long trousers and suit . . . (9) 16 . . . initially taking off ring as well (3) 17 Like conditions in Kalahari desert (4) 18 Pilot’s computer systems work via icons (8) 20 Officer seizes discs as booty (4) 21 Question American about lake reservations (7) 22 Plod straight across outskirts of Dorking (6) 24 Recall story about Cuba’s brilliant show (5) 26 Quadruped, wild, brazen, scratching bottom (5) 27 Main river’s brown (4)