DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No. 15,855

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,855, 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.15,852: ACROSS: 1 Thunderclap. 9 Towards. 10 Cochlea. 11 Elk. 12 Caracas. 13 Panache. 14 Off. 15 Tesla. 17 Canoe. 18 Batch. 20 Outdo. 22 Rev. 24 Eyebrow. 25 Blue-sky. 26 Axe. 27 Tugboat. 28 Fudging. 29 Hard-hitting. DOWN: 1 Tower of strength. 2 Utrecht. 3 Doses. 4 Rock plant. 5 Laconic. 6 Pelican crossing. 7 Stucco. 8 Manege. 16 Stopwatch. 18 Breath. 19 Harbour. 21 Opus Dei. 23 Voyage. 25 Befit.

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ACROSS

6 One CNN crew’s fee shocked media gathering (4,10) 9 Paper that’s reflective? (6) 10 European girl with army avoiding male envoy (8) 11 Notice lines round tree, one of many on beach (8) 13 Drink, for instance, before returning medal (6) 15 Marine plant demonstrating good management (6) 17 Win over Germany is a real miracle principally (6) 19 Notice in bookie’s territory? (6) 20 All, even Roy surprisingly, end at the start (8) 22 Instrument puzzles one model (8) 24 Expensive current flows round lighting unit (6) 26 Did rare old hens spread, like this one? (5,6,3)

DOWN

1 Roundabout address not reported verbatim (8,6) 2 It carries water, even with small lid (4) 3 It’s not easy to find blemish on church (6) 4 During September, Iberian disease appears (8) 5 Observe female running up charges (4) 7 Sewer that rises on the Embankment (6) 8 Gas produced initially in Colorado and Ohio (6,8) 12 Endlessly sieve stones at foot of cliff (5) 14 Contents of boat making easy money (5) 16 Wild fellow in Crete, drunk (8) 18 Seamen occupy vessel’s bottom and middle (6) 21 New racket used in, say, finale (6) 23 Evens, paradoxically? (4) 25 Both sides absorb old English stories (4)