IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No 15,003: ACROSS: 1 Mistreat. 5 Massif. 9 Credible. 10 Florin. 12 Oops. 13 Congenital. 15 Aberdeen Angus. 19 Parallelogram. 23 Relatively. 25 Grow. 28 Oporto. 29 Legation. 30 Salami. 31 Allegory. DOWN: 1 Micron. 2 Steep. 3 Rail. 4 All told. 6 All-in. 7 Stratagem. 8 Finalist. 11 Ogre. 14 Meal. 15 April fool. 16 Eel. 17 Acre. 18 Spurious. 20 Envy. 21 Oil well. 22 Twenty. 24 Totem. 26 Rhino. 27 Fade.

ACROSS

1 On which to serve Anglicans consuming fine food — bar area? (6,6) 8 Free engineers and depart, say (7) 9 Saw priest covering book (7) 11 Harsh leader, like king beset by complex matters (10) 12 Sent back school’s money (4) 14 Bishop meets author Doris to confer this on her? (8) 16 A vet endlessly impressed by pet’s condition (6) 17 Try front of booby trap (3) 19 Feel unhappy touching tree (6) 21 I met Dane, confused, suffering this? (8) 24 Nubians in lower Egypt primarily depend on it (4) 25 Sceptical about Roman woman’s tipple (10) 27 Take out old leaflet (7) 28 Put out aquatic mammal, tail first (7) 29 It may have a train held up for union (7,5)

DOWN

1 Instrument constructed from steel in church (7) 2 They belong in order to release mother and children (10) 3 Service in plainchant broadcast? (8) 4 Executioner’s hat (6) 5 Bow of boat solver raised for mooring (4) 6 Some say I spotted what spoils the view (7) 7 Swelling, parade crosses old underground river (12) 10 It detects a beer rashly drunk around end of night (12) 13 Confrontational feature of good service (4-2-4) 15 Fine, not old, object of worship (3) 18 Get pally with refined cultivated bachelor first (8) 20 Mate’s better inside where artist mixes paints (7) 22 After tough start old Peruvians get containers (3,4) 23 Go pale when it enters (6) 26 Start to work with staff (4)