CROSSWORD NO 1,892 ★ £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 1,892, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm on Friday 16 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 Native American language from which 13 across gets its name (6)

8 Landlocked country in South America (8)

10 South African province (5)

11 Consider, regard (4,2)

12 Europe’s highest volcano (4)

13 US state (9)

15 Fit out a house, supply what is needed for some activity (7)

17 1950s bohemian (7)

19 Messrs Armstrong, Skarsgard, Mcqueen and Korda (9)

22 Chemical element with the atomic number 10 (4)

23 The journalist’s name at the top of an article in a newspaper or magazine (6)

24 TV series based on the 1996 film of the same name, which is partly set in 13 across (5)

25 Icterus, which leads to the yellow discoloration of the skin (8)

26 Epic poem in Latin by Virgil (6)

DOWN

1 The capital of

13 across (5,4)

2 17th-century English writer (surname) best known as the author of The Compleat Angler (6)

3 Upset, overturned (7)

4 19th-century novelist

(surname) famous for The Chronicles of Barsetshire (8)

5 Its capital is Doha (5)

7 Decoration, trimming, frills (13)

9 Post-midday greeting (4,9)

14 US state which shares a border with

13 across (9)

16 The Life And Loves of A _______: 1983 novel by Fay Weldon (3,5)

18 Confused (7)

20 City in Northeast England (6)

21 US singer/ songwriter and Nobel laureate (surname) who was born and raised in

13 across (5)