DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 To do race, hip must be fixed, using this surgery (11) 9 Amid damaging allegations, gallery underwent change (7) 10 I put in best card (hearts) to win (7) 11 A group of people invested European currency (3) 12 One girl enjoyed flying start in early childhood (7) 13 Trouble in China posting letters (7) 14 I tucked into eggnog now and then (3) 15 Measure copper piece (5) 17 Good artist, very disheartened, makes unexpected profit (5) 18 Short guy, politician, tackles union bungle (3,2) 20 Cyril messed up words of song (5) 22 Girl climber (3) 24 Rob’s almost lopsided, having been injured (7) 25 Minimum invested in foreign loan in name only (7) 26 Commotion in second half of G&S operetta (3) 27 Note concludes old Baltic city paperwork (7) 28 This effect, played with cornet, bust remote control (7) 29 A pair of swallows side by side (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Expose Ofcom assignment — it’s not working (3,2,10) 2 Massive success for Cameron (7) 3 Without the French, old lady worked in strange way (5) 4 Time to change housing for gauge in cockpit (9) 5 Energetic chauffeur’s job (7) 6 Thoroughly search one country to secure safe access? (11,4) 7 Unionist politician’s anger for judge in test (6) 8 Like dog in long story, timid around a horse (6) 16 Instrument, one in dance at a milk bar regularly (9) 18 Someone who’s sponsored idiot to belt policeman (6) 19 Tedious spindoctor is a thwarted Conservative (7) 21 Come across favourite jockey (7) 23 Old women shout first for chicken (6) 25 Famous Miliband — it must be David! (5)