DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 PM promised time abroad (4,8) 8 Head off mayhem and confusion in green (7) 9 CBI man managed to hire independent carrier (7) 11 Sailor boards extremely impressive small yacht (10) 12 Face first half of debate (4) 14 Gas and initially talk nonstop about new arrivals (8) 16 Dance over in section of train carriage (6) 17 Cut second and third bit of lawn (3) 19 Pale yellow quiche, say, contains unknown energy (6) 21 Maybe lash ribbed cotton (8) 24 Study article socialist brought round (4) 25 Some of its members are possibly old and untrained (5,5) 27 German city supplying meat and food that’s revolting (7) 28 Find these scattered as undefinable galaxies maybe? (7) 29 He’s learned who makes deliveries? (3,2,7)

DOWN

1 U2 singer supports spin doctor for the public good (3,4) 2 Keats drank, wandering around with nothing on (5,5) 3 Expose bottom timber for nightlight (8) 4 Odd drink upset in commotion (6) 5 Small hollow appears in Camden Town (4) 6 Eastern object masks conservative artwork (7) 7 Tennis shot, hard at the end, kept Castle moving to and fro (4,3,5) 10 Pavlova, for example, made from bland treacle (6,6) 13 Yankee quits trouble in London in film about air (4,6) 15 Inferior leading trio in 3 (3) 18 Thriller in which fierce hound’s caught by comic (8) 20 I intend to get up in AA to reveal cause of weakness (7) 22 Old writer cuts parts for flyers (7) 23 Thrifty West pulled out of Gulf War in disarray (6) 26 Sport owed money, according to auditor (4)