DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Manoeuvre Polo somehow to go round nasty pothole (4,3,4) 9 Who’d reported one Ulster expert escapee? (7) 10 Who’s to blame priest, one in sect (7) 11 A quiet wood (3) 12 Alcohol consumed by Elizabethan oligarchs (7) 13 Freezing, I dress down, you might say (3-4) 14 Metal represented by poles on table periodically? (3) 15 No good leaving lilac in country (5) 17 Drink’s delayed, saving time (5) 18 Former PM officer (5) 20 11 following 150 for violent confrontation (5) 22 Lug or carry book away (3) 24 Count and duke enter popular puzzle feature (7) 25 English polar explorer’s rivet (7) 26 Note number of 18 Across’s residence once (3) 27 Eastern aquatic mammal nearly spread (7) 28 Doctor managed to capture European old-timer (7) 29 Minor obtains rude comic (11)

DOWN

1 Oz bird highly amused when entertained by sailors (8,7) 2 Directs troops – it’s about adjacent quarters (7) 3 Case that’s of no consequence without 4 (5) 4 Mexican dish made from china blended with lead (9) 5 Fuel supplier’s advice to motor mechanic? (3,4) 6 What’s expected from golfer with a zero handicap (3,3,3,6) 7 Danger which surrounds engineers (6) 8 Small fox, say, picked up unpalatable food (6) 16 Devious dealer’s career kept changing after loss of power (9) 18 First over with no runs (6) 19 Regret cutting remark to auditor in plant (7) 21 Meal eight demolished in outskirts of Havana (4,3) 23 Begrudge series of scores entirely (6) 25 Final verse said to be representative (5)