Daily Mail Cryptic #16262

2020-03-02

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Across

1a

Spider for one alarming West Sussex town, so I’m told (6,6)

8a

Risk inflation? Henry leaves to risk it again, perhaps? (7)

9a

Start to try a blend of cereal and syrup (7)

11a

Queen set to reverse into bay, one of five arrivals (10)

12a

Woman's entertaining one who succeeds (4)

14a

One way to get the message across in Pinter comedy (8)

16a

Scrape kettle (6)

17a

Primarily black or white knot (3)

19a

Attempt to catch swallow in Deal (6)

21a

Send out carriage, coming back not fully occupied (4,4)

24a

China left out? That's handy (4)

25a

Seasonal deliveryman can assault criminal (5,5)

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27a

Harry Green, journalist, broke his promise (7)

28a

Crazy pub star (7)

29a

Deceitful detective's information thrown in Serpentine (12)

Down

1d

Check film about English person selling drugs (7)

2d

German prince and Greek character upset voters (10)

3d

Accommodate patient man’s devious scheme (3,2,3)

4d

Caught, say, sailing ship (6)

5d

Coped without servant at first, very old (4)

6d

Stand to read line before recent broadcast (7)

7d

Peruvian invader quits dancing with a local bird outside (12)

10d

Reg erases ROM by mistake, so this appears? (5,7)

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13d

Heading off, alert Monaco resort - this one? (5,5)

15d

Originally make old place cleaner (3)

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18d

Refuse to go there with beast on the loose at home (5,3)

20d

European fellows target one revered Arab (7)

22d

It’s about short girl, oblique type (7)

23d

Lovelorn good friend brought up pet (6)

26d

Fruit, unattractively green, less inviting at first (4)

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