Daily Mail Cryptic #16264

2020-03-04

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Across

1a

Boycott island church's treacherous conditions (5,3)

5a

Church caretaker very nearly secures some work (6)

9a

Hollywood genre a sort of 1 Across? (4,4)

10a

Yell from a topless Greek, excited, grasping essence of fluid (6)

12a

Not demanding a piece of cake (4)

13a

Shorts in US and articles from Europe? Rubbish (10)

15a

She may succeed, cooking new corn crisps (5,8)

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19a

Getting used to new ways, college sect invested in gold quota (13)

23a

General clergy gets worsted perhaps (10)

25a

Writer's short article's a fabrication (4)

28a

Attraction that leads to MOT failure? (6)

29a

Medic has tug positioned for men on board (8)

30a

Sister company hosts one RC ambassador (6)

31a

Superior Sioux struggled to retain gold dedicated to wife (8)

Down

1d

Polish and French self-service food (6)

2d

An ancient mariner climbs mountains (5)

3d

Generous type (4)

4d

A politician ignores mushroom in Paris bun (7)

6d

Stock joke on the web? (5)

7d

Simple embargo protecting European vegetable (5,4)

8d

Assign another rating to idiots in residence (8)

11d

Aristocrat exercises monarch (4)

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14d

Head count (4)

15d

Dipstick stops crony moving accelerator (9)

16d

Average couple avoids one (3)

17d

Arrest American wearing nothing (4)

18d

Pub roughly put in wine store tower at entrance (8)

20d

Unattractive guy managed to drink litres (4)

21d

Personnel brought in a new levy that's dreaded by farmers (7)

22d

Article is about son's dissertation (6)

24d

Policeman seizes fashionable Asian garment (5)

26d

Beast loves grass coming up (5)

27d

Feline sound partly interrupts rising (4)