IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No. 16,001

ACROSS

1 Friendly sort outraged don (4-7) 9 Probe individual in dock (7) 10 Medicate poorly, ignoring first drink (4,3) 11 Element found symbolically in middle of Bosnia (3) 12 Secrecy ruined latest hotel (7) 13 Skill of king who brought in present (4-3) 14 Knight is backing rook (3) 15 South American greeting dish (5) 17 Criminal left ring in marsh (5) 18 Indian food eaten during opera (Italian) (5) 20 Illuminate fifty eight, wasting energy (5) 22 Pet does one good at first (3) 24 He’s likely to lose phone or plastic (2-5) 25 Confused source of inspiration in bed (7) 26 Painting that keeps the wheels turning (3) 27 Stark broadcast after turn on soapboxes (2-5) 28 Send out European sea cow with no tail (7) 29 There’s no need to wait in such a restaurant (4-7)

DOWN

1 Plants one gag during London theatre skills (5,10) 2 Circle cryptic clues about large eye-spot (7) 3 Old PM nursed by foreign orthodontist (5) 4 Like stars, they work primarily on slightest hint (9) 5 Say quickly: ‘Dance cancelled’ (4,3) 6 Train teams scheduled to take on one tree problem (5,3,7) 7 Tremors in southern route over mountain (6) 8 Explorer destroys unfinished drawing (6) 16 Tissue problem? Start of surgery is closer possibly (9) 18 French guy goes outside, say, to go back on (6) 19 Shock involves touching clothes (7) 21 They are beaten in a mine blocked by Mike on way up (7) 23 A director general comes in to fetch device (6) 25 Dim British king who went mad (5)