PRIZE CROSSWORD

Finnies is an independent family jeweller renowned throughout the north-east of Scotland for commitment to personal service and an underlying love of quality jewellery, watches and gifts.

ACROSS

1 Person ruling over Norway – or part of it (8) 5 Layer one attaches? (4) 9 Lines recited, say, in cathedral (5) 10 Black stuff in hole illuminated at night (7) 11 Hannah another girl at heart (4) 12 Animal doctor admits death thanks to blood feud (8) 14 Count with less feeling! (6) 15 Middle-easterner, and the French, may be cultivated (6) 18 Prisoner to entice with scorn (8) 20 A lot to find pole during month (4) 23 Make cuts but fill to cover lapse (7) 24 Beer spilt about medieval instrument (5) 25 Cards’ winning serves (4) 26 Detested thing in Ghana, the Mafia (8)

DOWN

1 Great to move Ms Garbo (5) 2 Five in team touring country (7) 3 Beams to lift, you say? (4) 4 Weird story about English shellfish (6) 6 Small piece of land is rented out (5) 7 Artist has bit of fierce competition (3,4) 8 Criticise cartoon girl for being box-opener (7) 13 Quite a few cut a line (7) 14 Is a coin spinning in this island capital? (7) 16 Second character to hike finds blackberry plant (7) 17 Bad temper observed involving write-up of album (6) 19 Runs round with note for the carer (5) 21 Rise in precision, no need for car plant (5) 22 Worry about part of a guitar (4)

Complete the Prize Crossword and the letters in the shaded squares, when rearranged, will spell out a word. The sender of the first correct solution drawn will receive a £120 Cross Century gold plated ball pen in a gift box, courtesy of Finnies the Jeweller. Lifetime guarantee included.