DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
No 15,963
ACROSS
1 Decorous role played in pink perhaps (4-8) 8 Pictures include old fully developed insects (7) 9 Temperature in sempstress’s job getting very hot (7) 11 Selfie phone for car? (10) 12 Old ground hosts university game (4) 14 I’ve no tax changes? That makes me angry (8) 16 Oil group among thousands making little money in Russia (6) 17 It supplies beer in King’s Head, say (3) 19 Idea unacceptable, I gathered (6) 21 Herb rare in tense part of Spain (8) 24 Excellent main artery, so people say (1-3) 25 Event endlessly rumples pit badly — judge intervenes (6,4) 27 In Arundel it is terribly highbrow (7) 28 Place in Middle East in A & E for paralympian maybe? (7) 29 Butterfly, say, oriented palp in a different way (12)
DOWN
1 Run out faulty data on unknown driver’s payment (4,3) 2 Does it take ages to debate this sort of filming? (4,6) 3 Journal about quiet reserve (4-4) 4 Sally managed to control time in the end (6) 5 Customer gets up somewhat before sunrise (4) 6 Modify recipe when entertaining posh gourmet (7) 7 Dad navigates badly in unfavourable situation (12) 10 Music-maker’s sleeping rough around part of canal (12) 13 Glimpse bouncer reversing into the German guard (10) 15 Final score (3) 18 Breathe quickly on large insect in burning bush (3,5) 20 In future perhaps the Italian may get a stretch (7) 22 This one’s belly put on weight eating lots initially (7) 23 Greek and German visit Santa here (6) 26 Some ski with inhabitant of Dunedin (4)