DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Harbour worker leaves union, carrying case (11) 9 Try to obtain crude oil in small city, not terminal (7) 10 Someone who makes shaped container for crumble (7) 11 Tease member (3) 12 Raise tax in European shelter (7) 13 One involved in awful murder essential for hearing (7) 14 Vice admiral’s innovating to some extent (3) 15 American city, one circled by motorways (5) 17 Swift beast loves fodder to be turned over (5) 18 He’s resigned to parting thus (5) 20 Disagree fever’s taking hold of king (5) 22 Women’s group close to finishing rug (3) 24 European reason for crime arousing strong feeling (7) 25 Like sweeter melodies, a hundred (not 500) rewritten (7) 26 Quiet manager of home? (3) 27 People seen nervously following Greek character (7) 28 Such a radical ad could perhaps be abolished (7) 29 Coach tours Orient for 23 to collect leaves (3,8)

DOWN

1 Fossil student friend takes ages to record one stone (15) 2 Work miracle to get back (7) 3 Religious headdress given up in summertime (5) 4 Ruler employed in very boring system of tallying (9) 5 Palace officer initially expresses doubt about king (7) 6 Two foreign articles and one in English come through poorly (5,3,7) 7 Hounds start off in property (6) 8 Sly character follows start of cricket game (6) 16 Worried workers in a comms company decrease (9) 18 Draw small boat (6) 19 Fabulous creature greeting writer in fancy car (7) 21 Rank beech, elongated somewhat (7) 23 Tagged wrong device (6) 25 I abandoned Italian region for shaded area (5)

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