DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Kids jump here, almost sure to ride round a stone (6,6) 8 Thatcher’s job, nearly going for broke (7) 9 Examine tiny creature eating quietly (7) 11 Army shelters units designed to house special exotic hens (6,4) 12 Market fine tune (4) 14 He loves playing poor teams in Germany (8) 16 Know-how is dominant, including judgment (6) 17 Party overlooks our experimental facility (3) 19 Actors join it, quite worried by play’s closure (6) 21 Wonderful girl, so excited about Open University (8) 24 Unremarkable note repeated (2-2) 25 Rich cricket club comes in useful, spread over two squares (10) 27 Artist on Italian river recalled cheesy snack (7) 28 International on tour, unsettled, put right (4,3) 29 Dean’s emergency light never varying in colour (4,8)

DOWN

1 Mature crowd turns up, accepting defeat (7) 2 College, a French one, is very worried about time (10) 3 Engaging part of firm government with uncaring person (8) 4 Suggest visiting Czech Republic to get printed fabric (6) 5 Son has reorganised band (4) 6 Haul fish over in Caribbean islands (7) 7 Sinner confused stranger with northbound explorer (12) 10 Cheers Indian paste covering a Thailand hors d’oeuvre (12) 13 Mike with cord secures very large cold instrument in 17 (10) 15 Scrap fund-raiser in 2 (3) 18 Colour of spades and diamonds that’s hard to see in winter (5,3) 20 Increase more costly small drive (7) 22 Roughly afford to acquire old 4WD (3-4) 23 A loose relation (6) 26 Cleverly gives answer by ringing lecturer (4)

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