DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Leave fleece beside lake (8) 5 Coach set back fight (4-2) 9 Emperor shows his dissent, seizing a stick (8) 10 Exercise these in fact to work fruit machine (6) 12 Nelson’s turbulent place at sea (4) 13 Broadcast big game and Hollywood trial (6,4) 15 Inorganic tofu arrangement? Yes (13) 19 Do tree surgeons avoid this police force? (7,6) 23 Like to prepare costume for party (5,5) 25 The Mafia returns, grabbing celebrity (4) 28 Honduras callously imprisons rogue (6) 29 To relax, Churchill outwitted Houses (5,3) 30 Salad ingredient, excessively dull when eaten (6) 31 Rival, very quiet one, impressed by old religious books (8)

DOWN

1 Sort of flue around centre of liner, note (6) 2 Quick attack overwhelms prince (5) 3 Unctuous yet socially ignoring odd members (4) 4 Coaching cooks to disregard amateur dumplings (7) 6 Policy reversal strips future navy (1-4) 7 In addition to that, the BBC boss once hosted wife (9) 8 Can force open bottles in mint condition? (8) 11 People join university to get list of courses (4) 14 Soldier, one like 31 (4) 15 Model changes money to acquire old Chinese dress (9) 16 Bash front of booby trap (3) 17 Spots broken cane (4) 18 Tempt fate? Request to speak to computer services (3,3,2) 20 Fat landowner in Scotland’s gutted (4) 21 Wild fruit rectified sore joint (7) 22 Clear off to live with a bird (4,2) 24 Brewery agent put essence of mash in still (5) 26 A large unit on its own (5) 27 There’s someone singing in the cathedral tonight (4)

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