DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Leading American carried in money for relative (5,6) 9 Golden part hiding earth’s corona (7) 10 Drive mad foreign grandee (7) 11 Quiet parent (3) 12 Authorise small space to appear before heading (7) 13 Firm to eat and drink, getting over depression (2,5) 14 Soldiers steal a propeller (3) 15 Bird exercises common sense (5) 17 Guarded piece of film about factory closure (5) 18 Hyperactive Scotsman tours province (5) 20 Repeatedly beat badly hurt male (5) 22 Very old wife makes promise (3) 24 Pub occupying that location, not entirely solvent (7) 25 Love cutting hair in London for peer (7) 26 Chop end off fruit and vegetable (3) 27 It could make oval cone, releasing energy (7) 28 Put out of clerical job, Alice is distraught (7) 29 I stay on working, covering new policeman, changing beats (11)

DOWN

1 Basic rules: eldest sons of kings govern one place (5,10) 2 Radical surgery saves foot broken in fall from here? (7) 3 Article on Middle East subject (5) 4 Da Vinci, say, more mature, ate acorns etc. (3,6) 5 Pastry confection resulted in a mess when base fell off (7) 6 Laissez-faire attitude on TV in nine or ten plays (15) 7 Manage crazy old entertaining king (English) (4,2) 8 Plant that needs to have IT installed for speed (6) 16 Endless battle to control river sport (5,4) 18 Reason writer’s undergoing annual check (6) 19 Hold prisoner at home, bringing in reserves (7) 21 Swallow one cocktail (7) 23 Shrink employed by U.S. hospital department (6) 25 Light wood, a thick piece that’s turned up (5)