DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Smart women’s role model mad about golf (4-7) 9 Understanding latest view (7) 10 First woman receiving a hint, she’s moved to safety (7) 11 Royal couple make a mistake (3) 12 Whistle-blower with Oz trucks proves to be false (7) 13 Stage colleague acting within the law (7) 14 Articles used in Europe give trouble (3) 15 Republican is beside monarch for part of flight (5) 17 Stroke a chopped salad plant (5) 18 Girl releases special number (5) 20 Ring a theatre back to obtain musical work (5) 22 Couple broadcast excessively (3) 24 Execute a Parisian who stole duke’s weapon (7) 25 New singer tackles melody at last that includes a sharp (7) 26 Infection travelled through the air, I hear (3) 27 NT book good man carried in European Mass (7) 28 Back factory I’d installed in run-down part of town (4,3) 29 Instruments adorning spa in different places (5,6)

DOWN

1 Women’s Institute flush out item about family? Some hope! (7,8) 2 Match perhaps not carrying as much weight (7) 3 Entrances billionaire (5) 4 Finished regal complex that’s too big (9) 5 Male moves cagily due to sore muscles (7) 6 Model reddens with blue tone in such risqué puns (6,9) 7 I go wrong in South American mountains (6) 8 Australia’s lyrebirds gather up these colourful stones (6) 16 Small quiet ducks want to ingest fine spoil (5-4) 18 Copied English–Chinese dictionary (6) 19 Ridiculous target placed on a sailing event (7) 21 Complain about a rule on air (7) 23 Boxer’s tactic carried by radio network (3-3) 25 Organise shiatsu, but not at local meal (5)

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