DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dull green spot (11) 9 Rubbish English trees (7) 10 What obese people do, each appearing in public (7) 11 Go off and turn? Not half (3) 12 Went travelling in Spain to do what climbers do (7) 13 Men maybe fly spacecraft? (7) 14 Dose of belladonna creates trouble (3) 15 Blockage caused by lab working with this reptile (5) 17 Accomplice keen on coming in (5) 18 Perfect poem in middle of Hamlet (5) 20 Start ignoring large bird (5) 22 Welcome Victor in A&E (3) 24 Let in again to study with German (7) 25 Huge hit for Cameron (7) 26 European rights lapse (3) 27 Poet’s short series engaging writers (7) 28 Advocate job plugging drink (7) 29 Writer’s son returns, wretched but supportive (11)

DOWN

1 Trunks belonging to artists? They typically store clothes (6,2,7) 2 Import china, including eastern article (7) 3 Firm raised charge occasionally for khaki maybe (5) 4 Zoo patron managed to produce tiny organism (9) 5 Early retort from angry male writer (7) 6 Geocentric metal polluted this sort of field? (15) 7 Almost common groups of species (6) 8 Robust work needed to crush resistance (6) 16 U.S. agents eat after touring Spain, here? (9) 18 Ill-tempered inspector arrests Oscar (6) 19 Cash payment Unionist politicians hid in chimney (4,3) 21 Stolen rings wrapped in newspaper quickly (7) 23 Top former tennis star by the sound of it (6) 25 Team leader spots junk (5)

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