DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 County hospital room where skiers usually go (8) 5 Start to compile work including rare complete texts (6) 9 Rider stupidly made redundant, forgetting a rent (8) 10 Innocent pursued, according to reports (6) 12 Very small can, last of many (4) 13 Private, born in valley, that announces mealtime (6,4) 15 Speech about royal box arrangement at concert (13) 19 Sick patient yearns for animal in Oz (5,8) 23 Install each lad in different baler, OK? (10) 25 Gem hidden by Episcopalian (4) 28 Tough old bird’s source of energy (6) 29 Rival, old very quiet one, not without heart (8) 30 Form of words used to describe wrong duty? (6) 31 Novice, type one trained to guard hospital (8)

DOWN

1 Passing over Republican 3 (6) 2 Extend scope of Women’s Institute study (5) 3 Long for Western soldier (4) 4 Way to accommodate batting practice (7) 6 Different parent loses head (5) 7 Bill initially is often running behind (9) 8 Small plant in Leeds refurbished by German (8) 11 Fly, making some malign attacks (4) 14 Persistently painful part of pachyderm (4) 15 Old cross an idiot forged reveals rusting perhaps (9) 16 Someone who gets extremely tight ultimately (3) 17 Creative skills upset beginners in Stratford (4) 18 An old writer’s attributes (8) 20 Bread looks identical when flipped (4) 21 Obscure pieces of film found in middle of Greece (7) 22 Head of Claridge’s hotel adjusted dress (6) 24 Circle huge last letter (5) 26 Shame about English godliness (5) 27 Policeman nicks old pen (4)

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