IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One way to buy new chairs up here (4-8) 8 Erect hut specially to accommodate prude (7) 9 Argument about Saint Edward getting defeated (7) 11 Impede traffic in busy pueblo during the night? (6-4) 12 Beginning to like European ship, but not as much (4) 14 Tiny matter of slogan during Reagan’s campaign? (8) 16 Small plant, one a snooty person rejected (6) 17 Veto British article (3) 19 Hire Pole with my mobile (6) 21 Fresh-faced solver catches the brief variety of flu (8) 24 Cross over entrance (4) 25 Cook a rare UK/ U.S. starter for tea — pickled cabbage (10) 27 Not much water? Start to drain river (7) 28 Mexican dish — donkey scoffs it (7) 29 Euterpe worked with alto and a top versifier (4,8)

DOWN

1 Her suit is shabby and covered with hair (7) 2 Order kinsman to control odd parts of Gaul (10) 3 Nominate patriarch for dishonest scheme (3-2,3) 4 Revolutionary artist wins prize (6) 5 Fabled animal in form outstripped by a slower one (4) 6 Colonists ignore large dogs (7) 7 Doctor had me deluded and confused (12) 10 Policeman, not well in office, shows how to create spirit (12) 13 One country or another managed to capture king (5,5) 15 Negative response over in Pyongyang (3) 18 New medal produced in remaining period of year (8) 20 Volume is in dreadfully poor condition (7) 22 Delicate scrap of cloth kept in folder (7) 23 In which meetings are held without public recording device (6) 26 Illegally support Lincoln Town at first (4)