DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Artist Tracey is in paper as advocate of her gender (8) 5 Topped trees to form vaults (6) 9 Want to remain outside but very much involved (4-4) 10 An old male that is showing lack of moral standards (6) 12 Lad returns with hot grub (4) 13 Where criminal is when caught taking a bath? (2,3,5) 15 The elite among sailors use it in baking? (5,2,6) 19 Do lumberjacks ignore this armed police force? (7,6) 23 Think skilfully and fairly (10) 25 Slight instance of speaking indistinctly (4) 28 Spies a place where men go (6) 29 Rep cooks meals in hospital (8) 30 EU chief enrols a French man unlikely to have issue (6) 31 Nice policeman designed garden with this writer (8)

DOWN

1 Job of forger, primarily for a monarch (6) 2 Runs into upended small bucket (5) 3 Like David in Florence, returning somewhat redundant (4) 4 Bone in rear, middle of rump? Yes and no (7) 6 Begin again with Frenchman at the top (5) 7 Henry Smith etc unravelled fancy needlework (9) 8 Woman’s holding rare newfangled cutters (8) 11 Wife loves first of fir bark (4) 14 Some guidelines for food outlet (4) 15 Stormy sea area within borders of Canadian section (9) 16 Yellow followed by black ball (3) 17 Spots number one on the outside (4) 18 On-line ID menus are customised (8) 20 Boy carries over freight (4) 21 New album’s free (7) 22 Country fellow managed church (6) 24 After work, get spasm in the eye (5) 26 Hands over bird, a native of Madagascar (5) 27 Advance north into light (4)

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