DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Finished arguing about extremely tough action by junta (12) 8 Spread idea etc. for drink (4,3) 9 Jumbled letters in revised Magna Carta Act ignored (7) 11 Details almost crazy doubts book left out (3,3,4) 12 Stuck up one in front (4) 14 Old PM about to cut answers where clarity’s needed (4,4) 16 British Expeditionary Force retains young Henry’s part (6) 17 Drag short toboggan (3) 19 Kid’s pinching part of sea creature (6) 21 Like WW2 pilot Kelvin, stagger around one weekend (8) 24 Sound coming from pen maybe — zero fluid in it? (4) 25 Strict solicitor tours island to demonstrate bottle (5,2,3) 27 Seeing that scripture is honest (7) 28 Charm old chap in Paris street heading west (7) 29 There’s always more about article still (12)

DOWN

1 Supervise poetry in Old English (7) 2 Underrated European text Auden translated (10) 3 Duck carried over to odd bits of weed gets drier (3,5) 4 Land and buildings complete borders of territory (6) 5 Weedy area in gardens given a lift (4) 6 Five visit Narnia, excited to find happiness (7) 7 Detective, agile, hides information that’s not 27 (12) 10 Literary type who delivers mail? (3,2,7) 13 Make 5 discuss bringing in current books (10) 15 A British puffin for one (3) 18 Frenchman follows team breakdown in the flesh (8) 20 SW port gives up unknown amount as atonement (7) 22 Ordering a room, American gets frisky (7) 23 Desire to keep resistance hidden (6) 26 Honour payment, including time (4)