Mail on Sunday You magazine prize crossword 1385 answers

Near as I can figure it, as viewed through the possibly flawed perceptual filters of my own reality tunnel, the most likely answers seem to me to be:


Across

7. T(a)iw(a)n
9. Rhetoric
10. Drunk(a)rd
11. Oliver
12. Comedy
13. Wh(a)t (a)
15. Diffuse
17. Trumpet
19. Lycr(a)
20. (A)stute
22. Memoir
23. Customer
24. Uncle S(a)m
25. Regg(a)e


Down

1. P(a)triotic
2. Une(a)sy
3. Pre D(a)wn
4. Debon(a)ir
5. Louis (A)rmstrong
6. Vixen
8.  Wonderful world
14. Gentlem(a)n
16. Securest
18. S(a)tchmo
20. (A)bsurd
21. Seine

There are a total of 17 incidences of the letter A, if split up into across and down, as above but viewed on the actual crossword grid, there seem to be a total of 10 instances. To win the £500, you would text 'you 10 your name' to 65700.