IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 14,460

ACROSS

1 Chide about soft fish (8) 5 What ministers do shows power and range (6) 9 Drizzle almost bound to upset deer (8) 10 Old South African carries a type of square hat (6) 12 Flat part of sports meeting isn’t finished (4) 13 Course suits a boy tackling rugby (5,5) 15 Run modern power source (6,7) 19 Old golf club takes years over card game? Dodgy dealing (7-6) 23 e.g. Foyles reserve stock of wine, say (10) 25 Opposed to national organisation? Not half (4) 28 Where everyone starts dispute, rushing around it (6) 29 Adroitly orchestrated worship (8) 30 It’s stupid eating small nuts (6) 31 She fell ill, quietly showing reliance on her own resources (4-4)

DOWN

1 Autumn colour right across heart of Sussex (6) 2 Clear parking on drive (5) 3 Don’t tell me John Osborne’s got it! (2,2) 4 Tropical or icebound, it’s partly to do with heat (7) 6 Really old oak trees survive primarily on them (5) 7 Vessel carries hostile gunmen (9) 8 Stupidly he tried unknown way of transmitting features (8) 11 Record is kept in 15 Across (4) 14 Release ringleader in charge (4) 15 Philanthropists and artful dodgers keep ducks (2-7) 16 Hole up in dirty place (3) 17 Look up bit of film (4) 18 DJ put on contest between internationals in African port (8) 20 Couple picked up food for very young birds (4) 21 Delayed 6 deliveries exactly (7) 22 Sort things out disruptively maybe, scrubbing silver (4,2) 24 Reject Spanish vessel (5) 26 Ingredient of gunpowder’s possibly inert (5) 27 Sign on staff, mostly split (4)