DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 He thinks he’s clever, i.e. a screw’s loose (8) 5 Like works by Pound, U.S. writer with twitch (6) 9 5 word for 12 (8) 10 Ugly creature’s old jewellery good on head (6) 12 Take away the French ship (4) 13 Canal attendant’s Alice band? (4-6) 15 Garden draught unsettled family member (13) 19 Pay author with big novel about love for ‘My Life’ (13) 23 Pupils here in special calm space around harbour (10) 25 Long work, possibly 5, not Old Testament (4) 28 Commercial about Clio, for instance, was entertaining (6) 29 Inspector General leaves duty to make church offering (8) 30 Note rotten tree’s sway (6) 31 Obscure drunkard, European, appearing in Morecambe (8)
DOWN
1 Extract drink, about 1000 litres (6) 2 Female’s nursing old mules perhaps (5) 3 Singer included in loyal toast (4) 4 Word OED misinterpreted as ‘sequoia’ (7) 6 Australian sole produces toxic gas (5) 7 They leapt about, communicating by ESP? (9) 8 Prisoner at liberty to welcome Republican colleague (8) 11 Seabird puts up others (4) 14 Books about Arab’s insulting remark (4) 15 He got free employment defending a fortified entrance (9) 16 Delved under ground primarily (3) 17 Ogle grand piano installed in hospital department (4) 18 Engine part arrived incomplete, with small handle (8) 20 Fine painter’s gumbo (4) 21 Old doctor stops mad rush for lozenge (7) 22 Nice changes in South Carolina offering good views (6) 24 Some of these boys brought up overweight (5) 26 Earlier voting system covered big port (5) 27 Ultimate piece of equipment for cobbler (4)