IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No 15,041: ACROSS: 1 Search engine. 8 Nouveau. 9 Refugee. 11 Bar mitzvah. 12 Cede. 14 Alderman. 16 Stitch. 17 Hut. 19 Negate. 21 Barbican. 24 Bait. 25 Courgettes. 27 Entrées. 28 Grandpa. 29 Artesian well. DOWN: 1 Squared. 2 Ameliorate. 3 Chutzpah. 4 Earwax. 5 Gift. 6 Neglect. 7 Unobtainable. 10 Elephant’s-ear. 13 Stablemate. 15 Nub. 18 Tarragon. 20 Glitter. 22 Citadel. 23 Bonsai. 26 Gene.

ACROSS

1 Drink containing bubbly with first of drams in it (3,3,5) 9 Observation post in cave (4-3) 10 It’s stupid ringing personnel at the top of your voice (7) 11 Little child’s little drink (3) 12 Obeying the rules, start off in a very bad way (7) 13 Cook chopped beef, about a pound, storing it in this? (4,3) 14 Teacher is backing resistance (3) 15 Little headroom loss in usable shelters (5) 17 Rash notices (5) 18 Patient, small one in bed, having taken a turn (5) 20 Rossini variation is lacking application by cellist (5) 22 Couple perform round university (3) 24 Theresa changed keys depending on this (3,4) 25 A newly-wed secures good contract (7) 26 Instinctive feeling you trust ultimately (3) 27 I think it’s OK at sea without this raft (3-4) 28 Acrobats use it, some somersaulting with ease, say (7) 29 Inferior guide cancels do in ship (6-5)

DOWN

1 Idlers going north with food supply, then south (4-3-8) 2 Strands of pasta, old ones in a tangle (7) 3 Smart Brown upset Tory extremists (5) 4 Southern acts swim in river — they set precedents (4,5) 5 Anxious students hold over broadcast (7) 6 100 old British gents finished up on ship, getting no pity (4-11) 7 Irish county’s leader ignored every time (6) 8 Wild cats, slinky and large, turned up around north (6) 16 Citizen in Oslo’s wearing no pants (9) 18 Start to sort nails in piles (6) 19 Turn about to help RAC person with heart problem (7) 21 New Irish vehicle, one for rock band (7) 23 Old school pass that’s often checked by diver? (1,5) 25 “Room at the Top” in old Greek dialect (5)