DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Surprisingly, he prepares dish, not a rare dish (9,3) 8 End fuel tanks as necessary (7) 9 It’s agreed corporal perhaps should stand in line (7) 11 Curl up together in winter winds, sipping tea mostly (10) 12 Helps one during commercials (4) 14 For some viewers, sacred scene doesn’t start in New Zealand (5-3) 16 Sibling suppresses cry of joy in Spanish dance (6) 17 Take nap in rubbish container, topless (3) 19 The number of times the cereal loses energy (6) 21 Market researcher Bill employs students (8) 24 Players at Old Trafford not all there? (4) 25 Pull back a moment! Here’s a basilisk (10) 27 Like some bands? Go on with one in European clubs (7) 28 Upstart organises rave-up around November (7) 29 In Paris I drove past entrance to Tuileries like 9, say? (3-9)

DOWN

1 Make more acceptable gun, investing very little (7) 2 English females serve new crew regularly and sparkle (10) 3 Utterly feeble broadcast that begins on Palm Sunday (4,4) 4 The latest features in leisure centres (6) 5 Smooth French novelist (4) 6 Embroidered doilies put on a pedestal (7) 7 One nag originally placed in handicap? Beyond doubt (12) 10 Is company rude to bewildered American? Yes (12) 13 Guarantee offered by officer on the side (10) 15 It opens and closes career (3) 18 Young beginner wearing hat makes up story (5,3) 20 Competitive struggle in which gunmen turn up (3,4) 22 The last nurse in trouble? On the contrary (4,3) 23 Boss swaps his top for soft woollen cloak (6) 26 Pull up end (4)