IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 15013

ACROSS

1 Attempts to hide remaining trophies outside (5-3) 5 Whispered remarks when team comes in (6) 9 Like pure water kept in bottom of ewer with handles (8) 10 Thin cloth mostly conceals English breakfast (6) 12 Curious boy backed Yard (4) 13 Lord’s words used at end of transmission (4,3,3) 15 Pitman was later refreshed, taking these in Bath (7,6) 19 Bad debt can occur with it after head of bank’s fired (6,7)

23 Advise prop to change — it’s what 14s do (10) 25 Fuel approved in church (4) 28 Agree roughly about noon to send bananas (6) 29 Like motive of university student rioter possibly? (8) 30 Musical character, British, appears in magazine (6) 31 Watch big boat — it’s put on to bring out pupils (8)

DOWN

1 Farmyard birds flower in cages (6) 2 Worm mostly survives after treatment (5) 3 Horse strikes out west from tree (4) 4 A large cobblestone outside creates fuss (7) 6 Look down on Spanish vessel (5) 7 Deceitful director? This one’s bent (9) 8 Frivolous sketch based on this novel (8) 11 Test section of popular opinion after revolution (4) 14 One supporting colonist in opposition (4) 15 Marshal Rommel sat in state of turmoil (9) 16 Discharge in odd places in Africa (3) 17 Adjoin a reservation (4) 18 Crucial decider, a big match involving detectives (4,4) 20 Arthur Wellesley starts and finishes crooked (4) 21 They used to charge about a lot at first during change (7) 22 Time lapse creates great fear (6) 24 It’s used to call a GP in panic to emergency room (5) 26 Legs straddling one? It’ll bring tears to your eyes (5) 27 Flipping ley line makes you scream (4)