DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 High-speed ship rounds northeastern stronghold (8) 5 French tower said by some to offer a beautiful view (6) 9 Animated Chinese women seen leaving to eat this? (4,4) 10 Robe needs adjusting on Shakespearian king (6) 12 Notice books missing in Mediterranean resort (4) 13 Plane makes uneven trail on skyline (10) 15 May afternoon, briefly? (5,8) 19 Coach ignores putter, producing another sort of club (8,5) 23 Terrapin dived in US to get bird (10) 25 Popular expert in Uruguayan revolution (4) 28 Fools making occasionally mild ripostes (6) 29 Sort of ethical type at first, fit and strong (8) 30 Stressful youth leader in Hertfordshire town (6) 31 Instrument in Israeli flat? Just the opposite (4,4)
DOWN 1 Fruitful iron and copper not developed initially (6) 2 Someone who’s resigned to parting thus (5) 3 Mean nasty celeb (4) 4 Sleep in only bar in Zermatt? (3,4) 6 Rowdy Yankee loves stealing books (5) 7 Fine Irish record about ways to achieve Grade 1? (5,4) 8 Obtain peer’s letter (8) 11 Antipodean originally kept in Western Isles (4) 14 Storyteller raises bar (4) 15 Shame about a seabird’s origin (9) 16 Bumped into police (3) 17 Group in environmental club (4) 18 Area’s senior detective following rules to the letter (8) 20 Fusses over drink (4) 21 Dance allowed outside lacking restraint (7) 22 Push cab, broken down, losing small part of wheel (6) 24 Upsetting Ulster short story’s language (5) 26 Some assault rabid extremist (5) 27 A large manuscript yields poor money (4)