DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sicilian TV broadcast about one old culture (12) 8 Discover upperclass radical in S Wales town (7) 9 County backs best American swimmer (7) 11 Film shows what’s left after sifting (10) 12 He allegedly starts to get better (4) 14 Of new deliveries, none was faulty at all, bar the last (8) 16 Killy initially skis awkwardly around old stands (6) 17 Fodder’s heavy in odd places (3) 19 Relatives’ sores lacking carbohydrate at first (6) 21 Employ ramshackle rebec at the start in lullaby (8) 24 Standard excuse for court not sitting? (4) 25 Carol traps wild pandas perhaps (6,4) 27 Food for artist on the fiddle mainly (7) 28 What protects fisherman spoils kinswoman somewhat (7) 29 Feature of obsessively focused runner or music fan? (3-5,4)

DOWN

1 It’s said when leaving most of cheese and port (7) 2 Showing different colours altered to hide barrier (10) 3 Snooty Delilah had gone off, snubbing the Spanish (3-2-3) 4 Starchy food gets spread about over dinner initially (6) 5 Better system to add up euros? (4) 6 Work on papers? It’s what despots do (7) 7 Run’s been diverted over stream to find item in 15 (6,6) 10 Reps — they’re over opening beers among the boys (12) 13 Select a flower, say, and preserve assortment (10) 15 Pound hides a place for people in white coats (3) 18 Annual May closure on busy Bakerloo Line scrapped (8) 20 Irish county accommodates Arab in mobile home (7) 22 Like embarrassing questions Mark leaves exposed? (7) 23 Sage, say, with minor adjustment, helps digestion (6) 26 Entertain lots of people (4)