DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 North Sea port loves to hold a dance, making a fuss (11) 9 Fulham battled to stifle resistance, causing injury (7) 10 Once more request instrument college mislaid (7) 11 US city lacked chic in the past (3) 12 Barking’s old weapon is amazing (3-4) 13 Regularly worry about long novel, without justification (7) 14 Dry run following main road (3) 15 Fine drink inspires British fiction (5) 17 Tent peg secures disc (5) 18 He’s in pub, backsliding after this treatment? (5) 20 Language group features in Hindi conversation (5) 22 Approval Number 500 (3) 24 Start to consecrate two animals in part of Mass (4,3) 25 Plant roughly 1000 in shade (7) 26 Meet Steve occasionally (3) 27 Eagle’s speciality? Avoid flying over elephant mostly (3,4) 28 Student left moneymaking activity (7) 29 Good Turks were angry about old foreign labourer (5,6)
DOWN
1 Poor, Gershwin played round joint, idolising celebs (4-11) 2 Elevator not working? Start climbing (4,3) 3 Geography book is reduced finally (5) 4 What’s the point of ‘The Archers’? (9) 5 Can king reveal watch? (7) 6 A golden senior potentially limiting exercise? (3-3,9) 7 Fear upsetting a bishop, forgetting sabbath (6) 8 Pattern largely knitted, missing one line (6) 16 Shades pool where view is obstructed (5,4) 18 Scree scattered around opening of secluded bay (6) 19 Seeing that, British expert raised employment (7) 21 Fashion ramp with struts? (7) 23 Spot a way to find weak 6? (6) 25 Dropping case, collect revolutionary instrument (5)