DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 GP providing daily comfort all over the place (6,6) 8 With Reg, Paul broke sound barrier (7) 9 Mostly wish to nurse old man in misery (7) 11 Moved, carrying baby around gallery (10) 12 Conurbation? It’s within borders of country (4) 14 Malicious woman abandoned wickedness (3-5) 16 Expedition a long way into southern India (6) 17 Professor goes over to indicate his approval (3) 19 Sailor tells untrue story about descent with rope (6) 21 Carpeting needs whacking around end of September (8) 24 Check rule German’s forgotten (4) 25 Salesman’s child enters pond in teaching institution (4,6) 27 See someone interrogated in box (7) 28 Article 24 as part of that document, for example (7) 29 Where to recover Watson’s job Sherlock left out? (7,5)

DOWN

1 Vessel in front part of steelworks (7) 2 Mother keeps superior blend of limited AV materials (10) 3 Enter ID etc. to obtain taxi for forest hideaway? (3,5) 4 Mike follows car, one that crashes deliberately (6) 5 Son wears modest jacket for tea (4) 6 Music-maker in short raincoat that’s scruffy (7) 7 Bird moves carefully and quietly in distress (5,7) 10 Girl sang hymn reinterpreted as Cockney lingo (7,5) 13 A boy’s impressed by hilarious person dressing (5,5) 15 What’s primarily lofted over Becker (3) 18 Report quarrel between Germany, Spain and Switzerland (8) 20 Oriental therapy and massage hits USA (7) 22 Ireland imports a few small similar compounds (7) 23 Can priest start to indoctrinate boy? (6) 26 Large notice put up: ‘Wine sediment here’ (4)

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