wednesday daily mail

[susanjo14]

19acr Entertainment with father in mind, basically (13)
23acr Display yesterday had Russian leader awe-struck(6-4)
28acr Songbird's halo, say (6)
31acr Asleep in ground? Issue fine, perhaps(8)

11d Smart guy needs cold drink first (4)
18d Fresh food nearly rotten where many oil rigs are (8)
21d Start to take cereal stirred in syrup(7)
24d Corporal remains Roman Catholic priest at heart(5)

[molliemoo]

21 d - Treacle

[vegasmad]

11d. Alec

[molliemoo]

19 across - fundamentally

[dr b]

18, offshore (anag fresh foo...)

[dr b]

24, r(eli)c

[twiglet09]

23ac Starry-eyed (anag of 'yesterday' and R from 'russian leader')
28ac Oriole (songbird - not sure about halo!)
31av Penalise (anag of 'asleep in' and it means to 'issue fine')

[dr b]

28a, sounds like aureole (halo)

[stephiet]

28a is oriole