DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gnu, say, one allowed back into open ground (8) 5 Republican couple over in Grand Hotel extension (6) 9 Criticise traveller with fish (8) 10 Ordinary web journal adopts new shape (6) 12 White horses former farm labourer caught (4) 13 It’s used to indicate female foreigner abroad (10) 15 Gong makes queen angry (8,5) 19 Sick patients yearn to see animal in Oz (5,8) 23 Their mum’s ill with a muscular ailment (10) 25 Uncertain moment heading off (4) 28 Picturesque small capitals with nice trips (6) 29 Recall touching parliamentarian (8) 30 Funny story about European seafood (6) 31 Garden pest in odd places in kind of material (8)

DOWN

1 A wrong sign for the clues alongside? (6) 2 Nocturnal animal that a pirate caught (5) 3 Upturned jemmy, for example, used to acquire this? (4) 4 Game involves international cricket club in high wind? (7) 6 Religious scholar’s rare books stored in capital (5) 7 Offender, so it seems, rode off (9) 8 Many stories here suggesting big pay increase (4-4) 11 ‘It’s over behind you!’ old Sherpa shouts? (4) 14 Cloying, very cold weekend inside (4) 15 Silent rodents, small, run round reserve (9) 16 Go off to rampage without one (3) 17 Mention one of the senses, so it sounds (4) 18 Squeeze into teashop occasionally for a drink (8) 20 Memo, one of many written in bars (4) 21 Oriental religious festival on November 1st (7) 22 Extremely happy newly-wed nearly getting cross (6) 24 Puzzle over current crop (5) 26 Tale of strong drink engaging bishop (5) 27 Inclination, like 7 (4)