DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Must one be patient here? (7,4) 9 How to ensure smooth running bore hole? (3,4) 10 Docked horse, old and cross, for biannual event (7) 11 A great many years are recalled (3) 12 Part of camera that covers window (7) 13 Those people accept blame for treatment (7) 14 Curious spirit (3) 15 A feature of Hampton Court floor perhaps (5) 17 A black or white tie goes with these dogs (5) 18 Compelled secret agent to case university (5) 20 Confuse the endless argument (5) 22 Almost reached river running into the Ouse (3) 24 My job background (7) 25 Lots here united in case (7) 26 Stewart ring missing from cross (3) 27 It helps you hear the French during coach trips (7) 28 Four enter sort of diner, one serving meals on wheels? (5-2) 29 He went off with a rare type of pottery (11)

DOWN

1 Display such a slow mature growth Einstein sported (6,9) 2 Mistakenly, I retain a tendency to do nothing, … (7) 3 … like Bette, heading off (5) 4 Big stand for group of stars (5,4) 5 Work fast to entertain upper-class rich (7) 6 Tongue and fruit popular in cut cheese, grated (8,7) 7 Efficient pet’s second employer (6) 8 Steer right round European wild flowers (6) 16 Gap author designed for his signature (9) 18 British independent religious group split in two (6) 19 A writer’s left in the German car (7) 21 Current voucher appears in Washington and Kansas city (7) 23 Daughter avoids looking after extraction of coal? (6) 25 Notice lecturer’s extra feature (3-2)