DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Consider removing promotion from lady on purpose (12) 8 Peer wraps English volume for restoration (7) 9 It’s a great help when dog-ends get thrown out (7) 11 Study German and odd small problems (10) 12 Colin Davis scrapped his final triplets for ending (4) 14 Anger women cutting bread and logs perhaps (8) 16 Noteworthy wave, for example (6) 17 Mark loves noise coming from parlour? (3) 19 Story about badger the basis of journalist’s pay (6) 21 Bailiff’s job, distributing notice involving 6 (8) 24 Delegate lacks old feeling of discontent (4) 25 Seasonal decoration, rather flimsy, not large (5,5) 27 Lithium found in foreign coins — and this element? (7) 28 Try to forget rule Ann broke (7) 29 Pinter worked with shy one in highly stressed state (12)

DOWN

1 More beautiful clairvoyant (7) 2 Lecher quits Greenwich Village in order to earn this? (6,4) 3 Rod keeps everyone right in dance hall (8) 4 US soldier enrolled in British corps as a rule (6) 5 Uproar in Santo Domingo (2-2) 6 Rest with Schubert song on outside (3,4) 7 New car feels snug, exhibiting stylish elegance (12) 10 I got land line fixed — I can now hear this 16 (8,4) 13 Relish trendy London street after two alterations (10) 15 Rabbit finished clearing first of neeps (3) 18 Upend old green vessel (8) 20 Cracker contents, unusual type, half missing (7) 22 Establish what’s in disappearing rainforest (7) 23 Woman in fast car, greedy person (6) 26 Area that’s sacred, out of bounds (4)

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