DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Concern over day school needs patience perhaps (4,4) 5 Swimmer was holding sides for everyone to see (6) 9 Joke about Dutch and French railway contraptions? (8) 10 Dragoon officer arrests misbehaving MEP (6) 12 Restaurant’s distinctive ambience (4) 13 Secret set built to house new trial in Hollywood (6,4) 15 Renew rotten oil taps and pumps here? (6,7) 19 Early projector’s faulty machine part engages old German (13) 23 It is chairman’s job to boost inn, promoting litres (10) 25 Half a fossilised shell or shells (4) 28 One constituent of 25 approximately (6) 29 Subject: ‘On cracking a Latin composition’ (8) 30 It’s within helmsman’s grasp but ultimately worse (6) 31 For instance, caviar’s fine quality (8)

DOWN

1 Clubs are able to leave over liquor (6) 2 Drama school runs system for identifying high-fliers (5) 3 Information about student’s depression up north (4) 4 What covers old volume in reconditioned room? (7) 6 American navy lashes firm component of mast (5) 7 Fill up again? With beer it could be reprehensible (9) 8 Problem with lock? Replace spindle with bolt finally (5,3) 11 What kitten does in old stables (4) 14 A cat’s source of energy (4) 15 New chief sits in bar with bird, drinking from this? (9) 16 Pope’s sign (3) 17 First man makes a barrier (4) 18 Owner initially is unable to secure trophy for tenant (8) 20 WWII marshal appears among competitors (4) 21 Rubbish bin’s first kept where car is (7) 22 Very timid, almost vertical shot at Wimbledon? (6) 24 Burst clean out (5) 26 Some lifted Shanghai name for obsession (5) 27 Who’s primarily known in Wellington instinctively? (4)

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