DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Like cat burglars, the last to be thwarted by Yard (8) 5 Strong drink, sweet, with no ice (6) 9 Snooker items inspire radical treatment for stress (4-4) 10 Old mathematician clear about conserving weight (6) 12 Struggle with opinion (4) 13 Literature should set out critical guideline (6, 4) 15 Charitable person supplies a chap to protect girl (4, 9) 19 Keep eye on part of Cornwall for reptile (7, 6) 23 Seeing red 25’s way of getting round bananas (7, 3) 25 Small jumper acquired in raffle apparently (4) 28 Obsequious sergeant major meets his employer (6) 29 Most of his biscuits lack it in Mallow (8) 30 Indian state said to be fed up with Kipling book (6) 31 Rescue gun dog with no tail (8)

DOWN

1 Try hard to get right into Cornish town? Not quite (6) 2 Guarantee rector’s going to succeed (5) 3 Courage without leader brings fortune (4) 4 Writer’s up in Hertfordshire finding reclusive types (7) 6 Edit Times articles (5) 7 Those on doctor’s waiting list like some icy roads (9) 8 Warrington expects to receive notification of call (8) 11 I’m a leading character in Mecca (4) 14 A lot of material for runner (4) 15 Go on the Clyde with idiot, getting access to boat (9) 16 Feel unwell after imbibing lager primarily (3) 17 Salesman defends a cut (4) 18 Energy and speed unchanged? Result: stress (8) 20 Collection with no name creates trend (4) 21 Picture one U.S. state suppressing government (7) 22 Harry has sulked on odd occasions (6) 24 One American IT company turned up some poetry (5) 26 Money needed to treat ulcer (5) 27 Protest strongly about story-teller (4)

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