DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Army exercises iron power in America? (5-3) 5 Stop! I’ve posh doctor coming round (4,2) 9 Arranges beer supplier in novel outlet (8) 10 Male soldier with gunners repeated words (6) 12 Place remaining after officer ejects tenant (4) 13 It’s clear Elvis left cable television broadcast (10) 15 Weapon I had briefly missed somehow, probing craft (6,7) 19 How coping with Hugo resolved child’s complaint (8,5) 23 After training a pet gun dog shows energy (3-2-3-2) 25 Man on board stripped almost (4) 28 Proliferate above ground, first and last parts only (6) 29 Planet nearly consumed oversupply (8) 30 Vocalist fits in German clothes (6) 31 Ornate tea-set enthrals man, one with refined tastes (8)

DOWN

1 Boys Brigade in Peel dashed round stone (6) 2 Weather lady who rules some lines (5) 3 What’s worn across a shoulder or part of it (4) 4 Plug from motor overhauled during exercises (7) 6 Fatuous adult in pub, last to leave, … (5) 7 … found his table’s broken (9) 8 Dish allowed in tiny cell (8) 11 Shoot flourished in light mulch initially (4) 14 Central London politician, person with no guts (4) 15 Guide got shown around outback — nobody lives there (5,4) 16 Occasionally doing archaeological work (3) 17 Shock! Star’s written about Tory leader! (4) 18 After one of these, somehow Wales go on, not Spain (3-5) 20 Parts of speech ignore old women in order (4) 21 Related Anglicans hold dance up (7) 22 Clever idea that indicates problem with tubes (6) 24 At least two coppers write this in Paris (5) 26 Even characters in Tibet frame glossy picture (5) 27 Abandon SA capital but not entirely (4)

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