DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Trim back tough fish (8) 5 Briefly talk about field event (6) 9 Drunk old men come across American energy drink (8) 10 A bunch of selfies taken in celebration (6) 12 School returns fiver, perhaps (4) 13 Sing a carol arranged for wind instrument (3,7) 15 Maybe mother British ladies meeting doctor with glee (5,8) 19 Inner city home, one in Rochester, due to be rebuilt (8,5) 23 Potato with raw cabbage in U.S.? If it can go wrong, it will (7,3) 25 Blemish beginning to disappear from statuette (4) 28 Riding a horse during row, a bit like Mr Hyde? (6) 29 Crossing stream, the duke gets excited (8) 30 Music group ready to tackle odd parts of Satie (6) 31 Instruction book on computers etc that’s designed to bore (5,3)

DOWN

1 City over the Atlantic? On the contrary, part of Europe (6) 2 Border’s settled — it bypasses Michigan (5) 3 Search for article lost from regular meeting place (4) 4 Word OED confused for ‘sequoia’ (7) 6 Spotting, not missing, what’s on cake? (5) 7 Allocate roles to a team that’s rejected (4,5) 8 Farewell appearance of actress Gloria with German (4,4) 11 Upright, but not looking healthy (4) 14 Letter in the Cypriot alphabet (4) 15 Veto German count’s reported plots (3,6) 16 Free non-stop trip (3) 17 Lean on a barrel, upended (4) 18 I must broadcast albums regularly as an incentive (8) 20 Save As You Earn’s inherently straightforward (4) 21 Girl that’s always seen on moor (7) 22 Clubs tried to develop reputation (6) 24 Part of window that helps to make washing easier (5) 26 Conservative worker about to engage Liberal VIP (5) 27 Economist’s processing plant (4)

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