IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 15,305

ACROSS 1 Incorrectly pick up and mend sapphire somehow (12) 8 House turns gold (7) 9 Surprisingly, rude male defends company etiquette (7) 11 Dali was one in county briefly meeting top celebs (10) 12 Pay Labour leader once (4) 14 Mark was familiar with so-called mint (5-3) 16 It regularly beats topless poster (6) 17 Cricket side set back (3) 19 Buy chips here when at home in Colorado (6) 21 Article found in minor road incidentally (2,3,3) 24 Boat capsizes, revealing Welsh emblem (4) 25 As seen in Bangkok suburbs, ballet dancing’s a sport (10) 27 Bring back former U.S. president, first of two (7) 28 Eternal duchess’s elegance partially recalled (7) 29 Book is set randomly round a town near Salford first (12) DOWN 1 Cool swimmer supports Malta and other island in Med (7) 2 South American’s imminent hanging (10) 3 Match line of latitude (8) 4 Girl spots round vegetable (6) 5 Husband approved drinking cold white wine (4) 6 New people welcomed soldiers’ broads there (7) 7 Adventurer in southwest blue shark injured, rounding Cape (12) 10 Dr. Cyril Scott treated competitor in Isle of Man? (12) 13 Where many shoppers go to buy tights? Here possibly (4,6) 15 What ensnares bluebottle for starters (3) 18 First of young mares Kenyan entered in African state event (8) 20 He has doubts about getting into type of tank (7) 22 Deep-sea fishermen with loudspeakers I avoided (7) 23 Succulent part of play inspired by coppers (6) 26 Cry when Republican quits fight (4)