DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Excessively optimistic girl blushed (4-8) 8 Beer stirred with odd bits of cocoa? That’s novel (7) 9 One versus English queen? He gets his own back (7) 11 It is our bananas after fruit that’s nourishing (10) 12 Worry about appearing in newspaper (4) 14 Virile display by Scot, his second (8) 16 Turn up a soft fruit (6) 17 Do an impression of primate (3) 19 Revolt is repulsed by college with awareness (6) 21 Leaflet contains answer to deal (8) 24 Plans to avoid a day in Rome once (4) 25 Feverish, Mike receives overdose by means of this? (10) 27 Wasted hours in making up feed (7) 28 Conjure up one spirit in West (7) 29 Proper codes for additives e.g. 2, 3, 5, and 7 (5,7)

DOWN

1 Unemotional old boy in trio played concert overture (7) 2 Doubt one Catholic in church gave up (10) 3 March is organised by a compelling personality (8) 4 The French dispute dropping Republican alliance (6) 5 Employed American journalist (4) 6 Prepare to fence section of kitchen garden (2,5) 7 Broadcast what keeps wheels turning (12) 10 Send back voucher for common commuter fare (6,6) 13 Tasty treat makes kneecaps go funny (6,4) 15 Plump poppet losing odd features (3) 18 Poisoning from fungus got miser worried (8) 20 What’s drawn right pattern of squares (7) 22 Recesses under shoulders where weapons are buried? (7) 23 Healthy phenomenon involves feature of 1 Across (6) 26 Stable business (4)