IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Five triathletes in hospital department setting (11) 9 Obsessive drinks spirit, indicating heart problem (7) 10 Hardship plain to see in suburbs of Paisley (7) 11 Young Henry’s returned note (3) 12 Part with associate in accordance with the law (7) 13 Frenchman with a student build extension (7) 14 Cat’s grave unfinished (3) 15 Superior boat adrift round Beachy Head (5) 17 Writer’s keeping joke ready (5) 18 Canon’s temporary accommodation housing European (5) 20 Ill-assorted bunch catch a cow maybe (5) 22 Fruit with it (3) 24 Old boy and I enter race abroad, needing oxygen (7) 25 Dance on eastern stage (3-4) 26 Leading aircraftman’s shiny coat (3) 27 Former SA president also appearing in Asian festival (7) 28 Wade awkwardly in grass, making progress (7) 29 Harry ogles Laura’s snack (7,4)

DOWN

1 Booking calls for bands showing promise? (10,5) 2 Plain article found in house (7) 3 Marshal in fact loses energy (5) 4 Note spirit he concocted for kidney problem (9) 5 Surprisingly old mamba primarily contains new poison (7) 6 Concede defeat when other two lit bombs (5,2,3,5) 7 Hammer everything in opera house (6) 8 Priest in lay-by disrupted secondary action (2-4) 16 Bacall annoyed Gardner in battle (9) 18 Former president nearly absorbs a shock (6) 19 Present a uniform for display in museum (7) 21 Lear’s daughter loves pinching herb (7) 23 Poet supported by the ancient mariner (6) 25 Mineral deposit contains chief pigment (5)