DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,663

ACROSS

1 Possibly rinsing the head of child? (11) 9 Allow Anglicans to run round city topless (7) 10 Fourth or fifth hat? (3,4) 11 Affirmative answer unknown in A&E (3) 12 Animals galloped to overtake English queen (3,4) 13 German teacher sent back food (7) 14 Brewing plant store’s first to disappear (3) 15 Foreign character is rejected at stormy AGM (5) 17 Yellow old revolutionary entertains Republican (5) 18 Strong point recalled during retirement (5) 20 Type of column that’s paradoxical but not radical (5) 22 Hill not quite right (3) 24 Windy entrance to underground hole in cavity (7) 25 Forward ignoring Mark’s movement (7) 26 Some or several, not millions (3) 27 Man’s on way back carrying round drink (4,3) 28 It’s used in boxing a lot of rice packets (3,4) 29 ‘You shouldn’t miss this meeting, dear!’ (7,4)

DOWN

1 Rocky moon in outer space ejects one occurring at same time (15) 2 What house does after recess — no peer’s involved (7) 3 Remove coat and some posh earrings (5) 4 Consider going in briefly to ring former volunteers (9) 5 Writer’s last old thick coat (7) 6 Her straight wake confused big swimmer (5,5,5) 7 Harbour reptiles head north to find char (6) 8 Love boring wood, one of many on record (6) 16 Lad sings out of tune with one’s fast scales (9) 18 Primarily major issue disrupted wrong treatment (6) 19 What may occur to you, but not at the end (7) 21 Dined in mostly warm French country house (7) 23 Alien brought in rifle to shoot again (6) 25 Securing contribution to party in government (5)