DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Spoil large town, one in Wiltshire (11) 9 A Parisian bloke stocks top-class ointment (7) 10 Keyboard piece played staccato, without introduction (7) 11 Weed phloxes at regular intervals (3) 12 Shepherd lies by river in spare time (7) 13 Egg producers look sullen, really gutted about pound (7) 14 Lament cycle tracks (3) 15 Strange floor on fine bow of yacht (5) 17 Keeping active, reach island (part of one actually) (5) 18 Box office star returned gratuity (5) 20 Passenger accepts constant shambles (5) 22 Briefly think about calculation (3) 24 Not much work over in the Spanish firm for artist (2,5) 25 Initially trees are blocking amateur races (2,5) 26 People go there and see nothing (3) 27 Boy receives a medal, not a pleasant type (2-3-2) 28 Meet radical new union defending East End (3,4) 29 Excellent drink with relative about to be sent back (11)

DOWN

1 Filming, say, gangs rioting needs handheld lens (10,5) 2 Deer broke out, running round University College (7) 3 Clean black articles (5) 4 He’s charged tax, having ruined a spare tyre son left (9) 5 On strike in a French church? That’s disrespectful (7) 6 Take this out to cure anorexic? Sure can, oddly (6,9) 7 People start to play one in exotic club (6) 8 Odd pair case walls of priory for ancient documents (6) 16 Slightly unwell, somewhat blue? (3-6) 18 Book holiday to accommodate a milk supplier (6) 19 Two drinks, one tipped into the other, go faster (5,2) 21 European females target one respected Arab (7) 23 Defence ministry defends the wrong strategy (6) 25 Occasionally savour steak that’s full of blood (5)

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