Prize crossword

Across 1 & 4 A BBC cast is OK when altered by John Major’s 1993 ‘traditional values’ campaign (4,2,6)

9 Manager starts battle over summer school (4)

10 Principal and Head of English in a state! (5)

11 Lay slabs from beginning of path to end of drive (4)

12 Composition has some passages on a tambourine (6)

13 They’re just starting to walk when leaving

‘The World’s End’ drunk! (8)

14 Rapid turns might produce Tory gains? (9)

16 Young lady, poor darling – missing Dan (4)

17 Ready to pick religious instruction before physical education (4)

18 Direction in which Earth’s not moving? (5-4)

22 Loan arranged with new term in Canadian city (8)

23 I rent out bottom of house, complete (6)

25 I enter a manuscript: ‘Intentions’ (4)

26 Having lost final of Apprentice, argues badly with this Lord? (5)

27 It’s always part of finite verbs (4)

28 Take a leisurely walk and get lost, confused with ‘left’ and ‘right’ (6)

29 In the centre of a light fog enveloping delta (6)

Down

1 This science subject might be obligatory, excluding Art (7)

2 & 21 Here in Spain, poor school lasted without head, initially (5,3,3)

3 During concert I’m panicking about percussion instruments (7)

5 Programme for the meeting: ‘Historical period and change’ (6)

6 VIP muesli mix was unplanned! (9)

Last issue’s (March/April 2023) prize crossword solution

The winner and solution of this prize crossword will feature on this page next issue.

7 Small number of leavers upset (7)

8 Maybe go on and elect girl to study here at Cambridge? (6,7)

15 Revised paper I set as a taster (9)

17 New recruits are OK with funny Rosie around (7)

19 Article on more unusual mathematical proposition (7)

20 Snake – unexpected present! (7)

21 See 2 down

24 Perhaps pretend of miss out PE – it’s the fashion (5)

Across 7 COLLAPSES 8 PEACH 10 SEASONAL 11 REASON 12 ONCE 13 IN A WHILE 15 FOOLISH 17 STUDENT 20 RELIABLE

22 PAGE 25 NUMBER 26 PASSAGES 27 PEACE 28 DISREGARD Down 1 DOZEN 2 ALISON 3 SPANIELS 4 RECLAIM

5 DETACHED 6 SCHOOLING 9 ARIA 14 MOLECULES 16 LAID-BACK 18 TAPESTRY 19 DESPAIR 21 BARD 23 GRANGE 24 LEARN

Congratulations to last issue’s winner – Elizabeth Rutherford from Weybridge

This issue’s quick crossword solution (p48)