IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 15943

ACROSS 1 Intend wearing torn clothing (7) 5 Taxi driver circling King’s Cross (6) 9 Arrive as stated at baffling question: is it fruit? (7) 10 Attendant in Waldorf hotel bound to follow call (7) 11 Soldiers collect a propeller for boat (3) 12 Notice execs somehow living together peaceably (11) 13 Order member’s chicken by phone (5) 14 Translate long title acquired dishonestly (3-6) 16 Optimistic comic noticed entertaining National Front (9) 17 French resort welcomes English relative (5)

19 One or two milk products (5,6) 22 Old police return dog (3) 23 Sketch silhouette (7) 24 Attempts to find gold in SW river area (7) 26 Government informer lives free (6)

27 What compositors did to get share of eighty pesetas (7) DOWN 1 Shady cut of profits for fake bubbly (4-3) 2 Irish anemometer disrupted source of hot water (9,6) 3 Big bird displayed in the museum (3) 4 Old tax article about gifts, ignoring odd bits (5) 5 Carriage Citizens Advice Bureau hired to tour port (9) 6 Distribute litres among many (5) 7 Where stage team works secretly (6,3,6) 8 Observed hiding place for organ (6) 12 Dog seen climbing among Skellig rocks (5) 14 These are breaking up following increase periodically (3,6) 15 Old relative neglects large cat (5) 16 Businesses concerned with protective clothing (6) 18 Sincere eastern novel (7)

20 Wet month in Paris before end of August (5) 21 Employ penniless specialist (5) 25 Give birth to young contents of 16 Down shortly (3)