Daily Mail Cryptic #16236

2020-01-24

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Across

1a

Vera arranged to probe trophy distribution (5,2)

5a

Wild mule scoffs, say, vegetable (6)

9a

Eat nuts at sea, getting nasty disease (7)

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10a

It helps climber lean both ways crossing start of incline (7)

11a

Almost finished step (3)

12a

Which church ceremony involves English fan of PM once? (11)

13a

Biscuit made from a few nuts and rice primarily (5)

14a

Public notice Chaplin film (9)

16a

Repaired lead that scarcely moves at night? (5,4)

17a

Thin fabric, one eaten by rodent (5)

19a

Topless beachcomber works with Henry to find room for sound tests (4,7)

22a

Very important opener (3)

23a

Stirred in eggs with new medicinal plant (7)

24a

A doctor, European one, struggles with two double bends in river (7)

26a

Courageous woman’s often in crisis at the start (6)

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27a

Payment union representatives hid in chimney (4,3)

Down

1d

Cast trained every year with stooge (4,3)

2d

Varying fees or tax alter currency ratios (5,2,8)

3d

A long time in Lake Ontario (3)

4d

Completed a dish (5)

5d

Person behind majority harms morale etc (9)

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6d

Strand of DNA, one found inside bottled spirit (5)

7d

Battered corn sinking in muck a sign of fresh growth ... (7,8)

8d

... although it's possibly unsuitable, bar top two-fifths (6)

12d

Worn out, as are vehicles in Detroit (5)

14d

Left the cigar chomped, like the previous answer (9)

15d

Briefly roast flipping meat (5)

16d

Prepare to take flight following lake boundary (6)

18d

Heavenly place makes you smile - nothing's missing (7)

20d

Lefty in business produces statement of aims (5)

21d

Worker maybe left guarding variable part of setting (5)

25d

Quiet parent (3)

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