DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 15440

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,440, 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.

ACROSS

1 Formerly engaging celeb’s so poor, becoming outdated (12) 8 Make sense of old map I received (7) 9 Stirrup, having been adjusted, bursts inside (7) 11 Liquid revenues included pence, old ones followed closely (10) 12 Alliance between lots of countries principally (4) 14 Shrub, and where it grows in Athens for starters (8) 16 Old footballer keeps stone tool used with mortar (6) 17 Wood supplier returns in Daimler (3) 19 Song of praise meant possibly to inspire hearts (6) 21 Shiny material removed from surplus trousers (8) 24 Someone who employs American First Lady (4) 25 Troops beginning to go into Europe, say (10) 27 Unpredictable old Rolling Stone (7) 28 Tree houses, swanky and much admired (7) 29 A politician beaten here impresses at old rotunda (12)

DOWN

1 Where journalists work, in theory (2,5) 2 Credulous Republican seen in yesterday’s display (6-4) 3 Tell stories about trendy German underwear (8) 4 Wife wearing jeans turned wheel (6) 5 Coin flipped in old Paris street (4) 6 Flyer, one involved in business scheme (7) 7 Cook turkey in sage — it’s set in front of staff (3,9) 10 Rags-to-riches tale wins without English politician (7,5) 13 Crucible’s extremely high temperature, not cool (7,3) 15 Dance doesn’t begin for everyone (3) 18 Several cross about large gratuity (8) 20 Formula Three in dispute about old start in Monaco (7) 22 Cover remaining fiction (7) 23 U.S. feline heads for British Columbia in ship (6) 26 Engrave the rocks, about 100 (4)