IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Strong words help retired extended family (8) 5 Tension in spine damaged part of foot (6) 9 Fellow right to tackle large comic role in mythology (8) 10 Difficult problem baffles posh showoff … (6) 12 … as well as an orchestra (4) 13 A king’s executed outside, not wearing crown? (10) 15 Single gin with pint? It could be thrilling (5-8) 19 Ali ruled Qatar after rioting in square, for example (13) 23 Engineer copies tape in bishop’s office (10) 25 Knock out at least 48 hours, say (4) 28 Gangleader shone light on chief problem (6) 29 Nice appeals to worker (8) 30 Number featuring in gospel evening (6) 31 Note first of threads in needlework (8)
DOWN
1 Pay environment ministry at end of May (6) 2 Geography book finally cut (5) 3 Decide what monarchs should do (4) 4 It may lead to pub fight and lots of punches (7) 6 Put ring in snout and loop round neck (5) 7 On which dame exercised during birdsong? (9) 8 After brief display, writer’s accepting good model (8) 11 Indian city expelled hot food shop (4) 14 His dodgy stories turn up in Braille (4) 15 Make steady attempt to reach one windy isle (9) 16 Drink taken every afternoon primarily (3) 17 Try to restrict Irish support payment (4) 18 Novel captain comes in to observe deck cleaner (8) 20 Train people without exercising to bound along (4) 21 Nominal leader of tribe reformed ritual (7) 22 Go away and live with a contemptible person (4,2) 24 Hoard coins, by the sound of it (5) 26 A section of English coast’s flooded (5) 27 Dutch paintings current in south-west (4)