DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Maths problem, complicated question, one for son (8) 5 Roman man taking stuff over to America (6) 9 With time, chap may become assertive (8) 10 Food brought on board that’s requested by photographer? (6) 12 Jaunty Australian city? Not entirely (4) 13 Man on board, penniless, uns to get moneylender (10) 15 Detailed plan pacifist once developed to govern island (13) 19 State aid happens in modern harbour (6,7) 23 It controls temperature and time in boiling hot stream (10) 25 Catch sight of European mole (4) 28 Fool, extremely childish jerk (6) 29 Since quitting Nova Scotia, changed career (8) 30 Fugitive abandons a taxi here (6) 31 Good relation departed, dropping fine glove (8)

DOWN

1 Release old parliamentarian in Egypt (6) 2 Superior evening meal without starter (5) 3 Language is secure, by the sound of it (4) 4 Eastern art or sport briefly occupying 11 (7) 6 Really dislike collection of Arab horses (5) 7 What engineers at Pisa tower do, ticking items on this? (5,4) 8 Helmsman’s job gets upset circumnavigating Ireland (8) 11 Someone who opposes the BBC, some might say (4) 14 Two-thirds of sailors join (4) 15 Mystery 17 perhaps that’s released from cell (9) 16 Disease transported by plane, it’s reported (3) 17 Particle at heart of bomb (4) 18 Person speaking to typist maybe, demanding ruler? (8) 20 Piece of window made from special tree (4) 21 Instrument, a plain sort, tackling Beethoven’s Sixth (7) 22 Extremely canny gannet avoiding an immature bird (6) 24 Second tea and coffee (5) 26 Wind does it sometimes when it’s really lashing at the front (5) 27 Child in Aberdeen scrubs one farm building (4)

PRIZES of £20 will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions checked. Solutions to: Daily Mail Prize Crossword No. 15,502, PO BOX 3451, Norwich, NR7 7NR. Entries may be submitted by second-class post. Envelopes must be postmarked no l