DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lie perhaps to evade gallery staff on time (12) 8 Avoid a black mark (7) 9 US airman almost destroyed Japanese fighter (7) 11 Walk, run and climb using this? (10) 12 Soil aerator with yellow marks (4) 14 NCO’s type of punishment (8) 16 Priest is running jail (6) 17 Fashion fine poster (3) 19 Potentially shocking railway uniform (6) 21 Plot jobs for supporters at night (8) 24 Alert colonist quietly (4) 25 Separate office areas succeed with small steps (10) 27 Award title to benevolent comic, not vet (7) 28 A pack-animal crosses river to get sealed capsule (7) 29 Robbery hit bookie’s first, seizing a grand roughly (5-3-4)

DOWN

1 Male uses a fluid on your back? This one does (7) 2 Rush so crazily round shopping centre after midnight (5,5) 3 Hearing defect would be much worse after Sunday (4-4) 4 Exciting tales about Sweden form collection of yarns (6) 5 Prime mover’s written message (4) 6 Edgy over moves in students’ union (7) 7 Falsely accuse rebel (European) in famous lawsuit (5,7) 10 Tummy in mess, running round Spain? Is this not working? (6,6) 13 One draws on this essay by German count, I hear (5,5) 15 Left sailor experimenting here (3) 18 Seaman has all the cards or just those he’s dealt (4,4) 20 Native polluted mouth of Mekong in this country (7) 22 Submit diced cucumbers without hesitation (7) 23 New range comes with a number of services (6) 26 Flyer offering a range of possibilities turned up (4)