Daily Mail Cryptic #16231

2020-01-17

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Across

1a

Most of poodle was crimped - the part next to the bark (7)

5a

Gulp popular hospital drink (6)

9a

Catch this paper first - there should be plenty of letters in it (7)

10a

European ally defends Irish in Gulf state (7)

11a

Star's heading off for cells (3)

12a

Passage in our play dissected wealth (3,2,6)

13a

Cut off completely, by the sound of it (5)

14a

Oily CEO abuses cast (9)

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16a

Each year, gunmen film reported drop from above (9)

17a

Colonists entertain posh relations (5)

19a

Longing to pursue a piano expert? Pretty much (11)

22a

Even parts of attire match (3)

23a

Troops get back into church for procession (7)

24a

Lemon and primrose, say, solely spread with dividing (7)

26a

Extremists in Surrey block structure (6)

27a

Trouble over one lad's cooperation (7)

Down

1d

Order tally on WWI battle site (7)

2d

Personal assets such as uniform and boots? (7,8)

3d

Gold bracelet, originally part of regalia (3)

4d

Find party investing one grand (3,2)

5d

Fine sprawling story is breathtaking (9)

6d

Such a verse has always intrigued Kyoto union leaders (5)

7d

A felonious agent bewildered UN's predecessors (6,2,7)

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8d

At first, bathers enjoy Welsh resort without hard small stones (6)

12d

Contents of sumptuously rich theatre (5)

14d

Coarse rum can make a baking ingredient (4,5)

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15d

Like noise of a Boeing wasting energy? (5)

16d

Soft fine material comforting one swimmer (6)

18d

Relative put up typical sign in B&B around south? (7)

20d

Old videotape about monarch in the Open (5)

21d

Pastoral poem idly composed beside lake (5)

25d

Some people adore green (3)