CROSSWORD NO 1,891 ★ £500 TO BE WON

TO ENTER Complete the crossword and count how many times the letter ‘A’ appears in the grid. Text YOU followed by a space, your answer (the number of ‘A’s) and name to 65700, eg, YOU 9 Sue Smith. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate. Or telephone 0905 652 2141 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Or post your entry to

YOU Crossword No 1,891, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday 9 February. One random winner from all correct entries will win £250 and five runners-up will win £50 each. If you enter after the closing date you will not be included but may still be charged. Phone and text helpline: 0330 100 0601. Winners will be notified by phone within 14 days. Solution in two weeks.

ACROSS

6 Thelma, who played

14 across’s nurse in

21 across, 19 down (6)

7 Secretive, furtive (8)

9 The ____: member of U2 (4)

11 Actress who played 14 across’s girlfriend in

21 across, 19 down (5,5)

12 Empower, allow (6)

13 Aberration, decline, break in occurrence (5)

14 James, the star of 21 across, 19 down (7)

16 Untidy in appearance (7)

18 Settle down for the night (5)

19 Surrounded by, enclosed by (6)

20 A solid figure having ten plane faces (10)

21 (and 19 down) 1954 Hitchcock film (4,6)

22 Speaking, pronouncing (8)

23 Surname adopted by the novelist

Eric Blair (6)

DOWN

1 Flutes, trumpets, clarinets, tubas (4,11)

2 The capital of the Czech Republic (6)

3 Normally, ordinarily (7)

4 Fictional character created by

J M Barrie (5,3)

5 In a way that calmly accepts a difficult

situation (15)

8 Polygraph (3,8)

10 Vigorous physical labour, especially hard rubbing (5,6)

15 How Zimbabwe was known for 15 years (8)

17 You put your furniture in this if you sell your home before buying another one (7) 19 See 21 across