DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Location of various web authors around Spain (11) 9 Contrive to suppress Republican dispute (7) 10 Negotiate profit for lawyers? (7) 11 Last piece of writer’s junk sent back (3) 12 This ruined even parts of British tops (1-6) 13 Flyer that appears in spring (7) 14 Nobleman doesn’t finish organ (3) 15 The rebels in charge established principles (5) 17 Bright modest clothing at home (5) 18 Footwear stalls avoided by husband (5) 20 Mostly cheer up, having returned mushy food (5) 22 It’s useless, whichever way you look at it (3) 24 West’s trio? Not entirely top musicians (7) 25 Sulphur, carbon and aluminium produce outrage (7) 26 Egg embedded in granite (3) 27 Law in part of US bordering Utah (7) 28 Famous English conservationists maintain quarry (7) 29 Much grafting needed for these theatre jobs (11)

DOWN

1 Stand for European pitch met estimate (7,8) 2 Get ready to fence part of kitchen garden (2,5) 3 Makes flat 7 small at the rear (5) 4 Black and blue cab wrecked back of tractor motor (6,3) 5 Hoo-has from union in favour of a rise occasionally (7) 6 School muddle in which everyone heeded new petty attitude (5-10) 7 What’s wrong with end of white bandage? (6) 8 Granny, say, extremely touchy and difficult (6) 16 Joy has enclosed first of poplar trees (9) 18 Puzzle: disease on farm confines bird in Oz (6) 19 Japanese pottery, sort of orange (7) 21 Virginia, caught in racket, turned up trickery (7) 23 Current lecturer in meeting? Pupils do this (6) 25 Notice left about surface of toughened alloy (5)

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