IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

1 I decide bones need cooking? That wins no prizes at Crufts (12) 8 Fish not available in Yorkshire city in recession (4,3) 9 Beauty queen travels south, clutching daughters (7) 11 Expel sailor engaged in thrashing rig worker (10) 12 Write one’s name below notice (4) 14 Swinger’s nude, swimming in first class (8) 16 Thaw somehow envelops empty room, generating this (6) 17 Polish difficulty (3) 19 Casual yes-man who prospers in the City? (6) 21 More than one French lady made changes in dining room (8) 24 The Italian holds party for 9 perhaps (4) 25 Pay for pictures — they may identify criminal (10) 27 Woven carpets exhibit complete colour ranges (7) 28 Railway signaller left meeting held by enthusiast (7) 29 Hot inside, they all ordered cool booze basically (5,7) 1 Libertine organising judo with Ann (3,4) 2 Score revised US theme as printed on the outside (5,5) 3 Criticise unruly rabble besieging old union (8) 4 Dundee United primarily annoyed about posh shelter (6) 5 Old lines used in speed-dating (4) 6 Play music a European’s into — it’s not heavy metal (7) 7 Study basics (bar the first), winning small cup (12) 10 Do some combining, making error with the glue, I hear (12) 13 British trees carry first sign of deadly rot (10) 15 University in midsummer’s silent (3) 18 Very happy writer about to dine with single female (8) 20 Launch spinning object, missing bowler’s head (7) 22 Note aluminium token (7) 23 Composition out of season at Aldeburgh (6) 26 Guy beginning to swim river up north (4)

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