DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Run round rather 5 1 small red mark (8) Badger and donkey pursuing fast runner briefly (6) 9 Talk anticipated about one controversial goal (8) 10 Holst or Mahler initially given American tax back (6) 12 Old PM’s English study (4) 13 Get a new goalie as key guard? (10) 15 Darling and others acquire money, e.g. silver (8,5) 19 Ned twice ineptly danced alone (13) 23 Miserly eccentric neurosurgeon or not? (10) 25 Almost perfect scheme (4) 28 Wool from orangoutang or alpaca, goat or rabbit (6) 29 Call staff about a bypass (4,4) 30 Small hole in small island, I hear (6) 31 Block precept covering males (8)
DOWN
1 Gifted cast behave nervously (6) 2 Remove article in old Irish (5) 3 Reserve item on shelf (4) 4 Upright chap in shabby suit giving big wave (7) 6 Swear at coach in A&E (5) 7 Dislike a pint drunk at Hackney Arms (9) 8 Cut off cathedral city to a serious extent (8) 11 First of unemployed picked up list of courses (4) 14 Notice phosphorous leak (4) 15 Very keen to enter directly after gym teacher (9) 16 Former leader leaves a 15 Across (3) 17 Little child’s strength picked up (4) 18 Reproduce a Glasgow chimney erected in position (8) 20 Standard choice of characters central to gunmen (4) 21 The Spanish enrol about 4 like the Scarlet Pimpernel? (7) 22 Drop round with robber (6) 24 Northern river skirts southern harbour (5) 26 Forced peacelover to control resistance (5) 27 Horrible figure interrupting progress (4)