Daily Mail Cryptic #16219

2020-01-01

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Across

1a

Carve fashionable bed in southeast (8)

5a

Rat that usually floats (3,3)

9a

State of ancient object impressing bar (8)

10a

Bill entertains priest and writer (6)

12a

Patient, originally unwell, given this? (4)

13a

Party without bishop after current increase (10)

15a

Top job held by top man briefly at the centre (5,8)

19a

How it all began - began with right boy in trouble (3,4,6)

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23a

Area Briton cultivated shows deviation from norm (10)

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25a

Gas board circumvents restraining order (4)

28a

Cross part of UK heading west (6)

29a

Hand out exotic tea around local ground (8)

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30a

First-born, disheartened, settled elsewhere (6)

31a

Charlatan’s 'I’m destitute' taking in kind person (8)

Down

1d

Burst in faulty stirrup throwing leader (6)

2d

Given time, this part of flower should reveal petals (5)

3d

Polish Yankee gemstone (4)

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4d

Bread and cheese impressing old chief (7)

6d

Generous politician invested in drink (5)

7d

See stage worker coming in with Grace (9)

8d

Joke about Dutch and French railway contraptions (8)

11d

Hairy creature still a source of intrigue? (4)

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14d

Some primarily resurrected former unit in Italy (4)

15d

Stubborn, as is 'Lord of the Flies' (9)

16d

Dull pal? Not entirely (3)

17d

Image stylish company adopted (4)

18d

Rough sailor is picked up in party (8)

20d

Call up English people attending match (4)

21d

Tough cowl on chimney up north (7)

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22d

Problem involving uniform affected individual (6)

24d

Sources labour-saving devices British ignored (5)

26d

Extremely small colonial worker's opinion (5)

27d

Very very mediocre (2,2)

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