DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Foreign movie star with no tie gives excessive assessment (14) 9 A complex maths problem that gets worse in summer? (6) 10 It contains rotten cheese that’s shrinking, some say (3, 5) 11 Spread items out for this table visitor (8) 13 A bank at sea (6) 15 Pretentious on horseback? Shame (6) 17 Former PM controlled large ministry (6) 19 Purchase mushrooms, say, to produce muscles (6) 20 Work out tax, employing ruler (8) 22 Rattle foreign articles outside badger’s home (8) 24 Golf academy retains outward appearance (6) 26 A typical ball he tossed in order that we follow? (14)
DOWN
1 Walk in keeping with national principles (14) 2 Get engaged during game show (4) 3 Familiar feeling from Dave broadcast about July 1st and 2nd (4, 2) 4 Stupidly agree to back a politician’s current measure (8) 5 Some praise Tchaikovsky score (4) 7 Poet raised daughter and worked hard (6) 8 He does often say this should be fixed soon (3,2, 5, 4) 12 Start to make pulp primarily out of fruit tree (5) 14 Roman Catholic priest brought in revered object (5) 16 Evaluate underground laboratory item (4, 4) 18 Church people beginning to take stick (6) 21 English females regularly excite engineer (6) 23 Trace city head office (4) 25 Pass a drink (4)
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SOLUTION TO PRIZE CROSSWORD No 15,503: ACROSS: 1 Worldly-wise. 9 Startup. 10 Sincere. 11 Tot. 12 Unhitch. 13 Early on. 14 Err. 15 Tepid. 17 Drool. 18 Spoof. 20 Tryst. 22 Ape. 24 Oregano. 25 Launder. 26 Una. 27 Clavier. 28 Road hog. 29 Trepidation. DOWN: 1 Weather forecast. 2 Rat-a-tat. 3 Depth. 4 Yesterday. 5 Ignored. 6 Every now and then. 7 Assume. 8 Fennel. 16 Potpourri. 18 Scorch. 19 Fragile. 21 Tsunami. 23 Enrage. 25 Larva.