DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Diligent American threesome in Asian river (11) 9 Submit exotic cucumbers without hesitation (7) 10 Spotted Times with foreign article in defence ministry (7) 11 European money derived from buddleias (3) 12 Engaged man to control new funding (7) 13 Annoying people is banned in graduations (7) 14 Sort of 11 fiction (3) 15 Secures parts of canal (5) 17 Important American tours north African state (5) 18 Influence growth in cheese (5) 20 What baker does, say, to acquire essentials (5) 22 There’s no resistance in metal particle (3) 24 Small beer available from this room facility? (7) 25 Most daring items of underwear (7) 26 A turn in the past (3) 27 First sign (7) 28 Mum leaves cosmetics business for talent show (1,6) 29 Liffey and Loire trips offering carefree existence (4,2,5)

DOWN

1 Sort of quaint insolence leading nowhere? (15) 2 Di stands in for Jo in magazine during the day (7) 3 Black firm wasting time (5) 4 Chat nostalgically about short skirts at church (9) 5 What Coe did to competitors over 1000m majors do to captains (7) 6 With poise, doctor offends client extremely loudly (4-11) 7 America and EU seize female student? That’s beneficial (6) 8 Black Sea port some passed over, heading north (6) 16 Animated cartoon about officer and singer (9) 18 Short note on Irish biography (6) 19 Question notes about cheese (7) 21 Wales managed without a large marine embankment (3,4) 23 The countryside’s character (6) 25 Fighter, former old boy, upended Republican (5)