DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Peter mingles with crowd round female speaking flawlessly (4-7) 9 Fishing dispute masks large one between great powers (4,3) 10 Merit of French verse in translation (7) 11 Greek character leaves music exactly as written (3) 12 Learned Queen has endless duties reorganised (7) 13 Authorised bass to stop Welsh singer (7) 14 A film’s oddly objective (3) 15 Furnish joke on line? (5) 17 Nurse Billy’s partner (5) 18 Fleshy soft protuberance (5) 20 Leading bars participate in ‘Retro Fortnight’ (5) 22 Poor actor let off Shakespeare play (3) 24 A cat managed to crack fine English biscuit (7) 25 Covered in dirt, gallery underwent changes (7) 26 Non-stop unrest in big port (3) 27 Avoids cold chop in English ship (7) 28 Free, like violin in mint condition? (7) 29 Sort of triangle or square enclosing retail complex (11)

DOWN

1 Einstein wore one in daft maths course (with law) around uni (6,9) 2 What dissatisfied authors do about Welsh ceremony? (7) 3 Releasing second 16, chase prize (5) 4 Yorkshire town’s favourite treatment for VIP (3,6) 5 One slip spoiled letter from Athens (7) 6 If seconds do this, their man will forfeit 3 (5,2,3,5) 7 Mackenzie’s possibly sloughing skin — result of this? (6) 8 Colour rises in forage in prime time (6) 16 General cook ruins veal (9) 18 Prince harbours deep affection for bird (6) 19 Level out leaves in rice dish one’s left (7) 21 Violent objector ignores judge in revolutionary time (7) 23 Muddled through, investing euros in crazy party (4,2) 25 Second last shed (5)

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