DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Earth circles break seismologist’s rule (7,5) 8 Trunks protect dry wine containers (7) 9 He works hard with scores in some orchestras (7) 11 Expose silver among fake euros? It’s shocking (10) 12 A tiny drop of moisture runs out of loaf (4) 14 Foreign articles reduced, charged less (8) 16 Mad botanist has no time at all for tree in pot (6) 17 Cheek, or what’s close to it (3) 19 EU chief enlists a French man who’s lost power (6) 21 Piano recital’s out of tune but not much (8) 24 Notice angles Pythagoras incorporates (4) 25 He attacks images of harmless Roman Catholics perhaps (10) 27 Conclusion of Open University book about Cuba (7) 28 Ratify first (7) 29 Sniggering follows bloke’s verdict (12)

DOWN

1 Took a spin in road outside old gallery (7) 2 Visit old police at end of battle to make peace (4,1,5) 3 Elegant and refined tempo when flute’s played (8) 4 Odd drink upset in brawl (6) 5 Cook curry, highly exotic food for starters (4) 6 Post for rentcollectors? (7) 7 A blend of Ulster booze? There’s nothing cooler (8,4) 10 Apocryphal story, perhaps video as well, about Troy (3,5,4) 13 Send text of play as an afterthought (10) 15 Dump clue (3) 18 Craving to possess one artist’s work (8) 20 Smelly solvent ruins path in New Hampshire area (7) 22 A hundred and fifty four in Berlin own a keyboard (7) 23 MacKenzie’s sadly shedding skin — due to this? (6) 26 Stud manager (4)