DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
No 15,746 ACROSS
1 They fly past border in record time (8) 5 Bung one gallon into small container (6) 9 Home Counties case that is relaxing (8) 10 Short boy with different role in dance (6) 12 Smell smoke in Glasgow (4) 13 It disrupts communications, all so far sorted by engineers (5,5) 15 Note if a critic mauled documentary 6 (13) 19 Dress injured brother receiving award in warplane (7-6) 23 Heartbroken Friend nearly causes upheaval (10) 25 Follow duck by conserving energy (4) 28 Retired staff controls entire currency unit (6) 29 Plan for very big friend coming round (8) 30 Make new start dealing with work space that’s small (6) 31 The old old guy tracks old soldiers (8)
DOWN
1 Make certain leader avoids criticism (6) 2 Shield from some rough edges (5) 3 Fable writer’s article has to be shortened (4) 4 Pasta recipe worried Olivia (7) 6 Evidence is academic: there’s nothing in it (5) 7 He threw pineapples in wild garden? That’s right (9) 8 Lame pony went for very little (8) 11 Asian women wear it taking part in anniversaries (4) 14 Revolutionary gait (4) 15 Crazy oligarch endlessly inhaling the Italian smoke (9) 16 Oddly brief uplifting story (3) 17 Church vestments originally added pounds (4) 18 Wrongdoer makes bid to seize object (8) 20 Disheartened royal house held up defeat (4) 21 Firing 5, take over bankrupt timber supplier (3,4) 22 Parking in lay-by ruined action in background (2-4) 24 Feel sick in lift (5) 26 Petty Officer on sub at sea (5) 27 Health resort beginning to market tinned food (4)