DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Check underground laboratory item (4,4) 5 More heated conflict involving rare note (6) 9 Unyielding actors meet press (4-4) 10 Girl returns after contest in European capital (6) 12 Woman lazily ignoring street directory? (4) 13 Narrow escapes from northeast mobs ringing ship (4,6) 15 It suggests glibness is something with pros and cons (5,8) 19 What’s needed to get in the appropriate thing? (4,3,6) 23 Time in Bucharest possibly for toasted snack (10) 25 Hear storyteller’s old instrument (4) 28 Dancing duet tours province together (6) 29 I admit collecting a small number in the dark (8) 30 Each is given access to computer company’s members (1-5) 31 Animal such as fierce raptor seizing feed regularly (8)

DOWN

1 Block story about Cork after soldiers left (6) 2 A certain amount of this is allocated for rope (5) 3 Dog, or part of it (4) 4 Promise broken by fine English library supporter (4,3) 6 Liberal taken in by perfect excuse in court (5) 7 Ulster runner wearing neat upturned short dress (9) 8 Remove first of misplaced hoardings so this can be seen? (4,4) 11 Dentistry examination? (4) 14 Leave team in Egypt (4) 15 Male writer’s penetrating analysis of Uncle Sam (9) 16 Option book, then film (3) 17 Try to find outspoken member of Indian religion (4) 18 African state disc jockey put on match between islands (8) 20 Waste pipe with no lid that used to carry water (4) 21 Whole unit in green? It needs to be reconstructed (7) 22 Bully caught with other suspect (6) 24 The best clubs on paper (5) 26 Agent in brewery put contents of cask in still (5) 27 Insolent heavy type (4)

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