DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The Windsors, say, look back with Queen daily perhaps (11) 9 Healthy tips by one in DNA unit for cleanliness (7) 10 English tour disrupted in northeast in transit (2,5) 11 Waterproof computer (3) 12 South Carolina power not good in flats, for instance (7) 13 Educated London guy not working? That’s immoral (7) 14 Metal’s extracted from this money in Scandinavia (3) 15 Excitement grips a part of flight (5) 17 Character of those back at the front (5) 18 Delve into marvellous book (5) 20 Causing harm to 23 clubs (5) 22 Pick-up starts under the eucalyptus (3) 24 It’s used in filling Malaga resort with money (7) 25 Part of old sewer altered after reconstruction (7) 26 A silent wood (3) 27 It describes European article in stone (7) 28 Book animal sanctuary (7) 29 Pin bulletins here and display ad in October (6,5)

DOWN

1 What students get at top university? (6,9) 2 Futile advice from conservationists (7) 3 Crew caught up in borders of edgy adversary (5) 4 She carries out will of all but top farceur (9) 5 Quiet, oddly eerie around midnight when moon’s nearest us (7) 6 Shell ought to be red, not black, and curved at the top (5-10) 7 Aerated water from Paris reportedly for masseur (6) 8 Gorgeous lyrebird gathers up gemstones (6) 16 Golden cat with a twitch that’s instinctive (9) 18 Curious person defends a petition (6) 19 VIP who’s prejudiced about odd features of Soho (3,4) 21 Chap briefly tours different side of London (7) 23 Number in 21 in the Spanish flat (6) 25 Drum belonging to Heath Robinson (5)

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