IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 15807

ACROSS

1 Two poets eat cooked food (5,6) 9 Dirty poet crudely entertains students union (7) 10 I forged original support for logs (7) 11 Score, half of which is withdrawn! (3) 12 Left about 100, electrified (7) 13 Sort of light, nearly half gone, dissipated (7) 14 Manage score at Old Trafford (3) 15 MP sacrifices day to go over again (5) 17 Half a cappuccino, stirred? (5) 18 Companies start to advertise drink (5) 20 Dark weird thing (5) 22 Backing university teacher’s approval (3) 24 Someone who looks everywhere for a cleaner? (7) 25 One of the backs controls hostile game (7) 26 Tree has collapsed (3) 27 Football team first of all learns moves (7) 28 Devises fashionable ways to let off steam maybe (7) 29 Cry ‘That’s sore!’ always after onset of foul disease (6,5)

DOWN

1 Knowing keeps Brownie awake with embarrassment (4-11) 2 Earth’s circumference the same as radius, minus 50? (7) 3 Nurse inspires top-of-the-range fashion (5) 4 How does golfer start hole in such clothing? (3-3-3) 5 Paint fancy Lycra in crimson primarily (7) 6 Possibly a golden person, i.e. one who’s getting on (3-3,9) 7 Look! A soft fruit (6) 8 What has to be done to finish within range (6) 16 Funny cartoon about officer and singer (9) 18 Indifferent and cold as usual, avoiding us (6) 19 Notice and learn about gland (7) 21 Servant tipped fourth city in Middle East (3,4) 23 Assimilate synopsis (6) 25 Butcher with timeless and very strong odour (5)