IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 14,461

ACROSS

1 Good beginning but fellow officer kept straying badly (6,5) 9 He manages stock in beer complex with the German (7) 10 Demon young reporter in America is outstanding (7) 11 One of seven in which I replaced first woman (3) 12 Historic version of Model T tours island (3-4) 13 Extremely cold, reportedly crucial place to breed (7) 14 Bring back bananas for mother (3) 15 Tragic Moor abandoned old books? I’m surprised (5) 17 Expresses disapproval about female gatherings (5) 18 Boss nearly makes embarrassing mistake (5) 20 Twice Bexhill hosted return of old sailing ship (5) 22 He’s initially obstinate and foolish (3) 24 E.g. Napoleon’s overall representative in Rome (7) 25 Intestinal complaint — officer is nursing it (7) 26 State briefly how sick people feel (3) 27 Like trawler, maybe desperate, having lost RT (4-3) 28 Influence one politician in Georgia (7) 29 The flood has ruined organic crops, say (6,5)

DOWN

1 Cook cheesed off with poem about recipe’s right (7,2,6) 2 Bring back do-ityourself recipe for tongue (7) 3 Tender sort of shark (5) 4 Silly monk bit into antimony dropped as prank (5,4) 5 Like poetic mariner, worked with son for instance (7) 6 Notable fonts etc displayed in early part of book (5,2,8) 7 An area of Norfolk

not in this

country? (6) 8 The way things are, fool ate it before one (2,2,2) 16 Initially licensed urban taxi run disrupted rank (9) 18 Selfishly wanting more good grass on yard (6) 19 Area is untidy round university — a huge area (7) 21 County hosts different plays and Caribbean music (7) 23 Encourage development in the New Forest (6) 25 Richard’s ‘Where the land meets the sea’? (5)