DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 I, a gold medallist? (5,6) 9 Throw out foreign article in reaction to gag (7) 10 Prevalent in locality, fresh medicine lacks iodine (7) 11 Computer’s outdoor protection (3) 12 Fancy poodle crosses river for next to nothing (3,4) 13 Dash over to one German exchange (5,2) 14 Settled in bed in Paris (3) 15 Pilot’s advertising leaflet (5) 17 Goodness, it’s cold in this country indoors, and dirty! (5) 18 Don retains ring as conclusive evidence (5) 20 Estuary of Dee? (5) 22 Its contents could be a burning issue (3) 24 Lethal substance may create scare across Ulster (7) 25 It follows US soldier into my pub (7) 26 Regularly heavy fodder (3) 27 New-age street maps I put together for extremist (3-4) 28 Restore to former position of dominance over Albania (7) 29 Attractive yacht in Greece sadly about to leave (3-8)
DOWN
1 Discovered one touring new station, laid by VIP (10,5) 2 A thousand put in dodgy offer to get dodgy profit (4-3) 3 Subject of article on Middle East (5) 4 Oracle let loose? It’s concerning voters (9) 5 Colt, for example, raised cruelly on mountaintop (7) 6 15 left Cumberbatch running wild, like computers (6-9) 7 Move pages up and down in old manuscript (6) 8 It’s hard to find tin in pighouse (6) 16 At home, do dishes in area of SE Asia (9) 18 Men on board catch rare crustaceans (6) 19 What supporter pays to travel to brassy opening? (7) 21 Stan abandons Asian war zone and its money (7) 23 They’re sheer, only fluttering between poles (6) 25 Theatre in which Cyril trained (5)