Daily Mail Cryptic #16269

2020-03-11

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Across

1a

Support team that's behind (8)

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5a

A medic circles bed briefly, showing poise (6)

9a

Boy king cracks jokes in his Sunday best (4,4)

10a

Engineer cried about English driver's spray in winter (2,4)

12a

Shields a rare manuscript (4)

13a

Big town with everything, including a very good insulator (6,4)

15a

Lethal seat of power (8,5)

19a

Greeting superb PM (4,9)

23a

On top of that, singer keeps book cleaner (10)

25a

Run downhill around a Munro (4)

28a

Nick has most of this the night before (6)

29a

Top athlete: 'I’m only running with a pacemaker at first' (8)

30a

Work on other side of river to a great extent (6)

31a

Spooner’s turf mound that acts as a fridge (4,4)

Down

1d

One who scrounges, say, gallons in pub (6)

2d

Charles originally made a profound difference (5)

3d

Channel island swimmer avoiding harbour (4)

4d

Trap suspect cargo within limits of Detroit (7)

6d

Shame about European deference (5)

7d

Repair canoe and win one more time (4,5)

8d

Ridiculously large ruby earl pinched in crime (8)

11d

Bird kept interfering with ibis initially (4)

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14d

Dairy product supplied by cafe taverna (4)

15d

I once worked with some nuts to save money (9)

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16d

Whisky or old port? (3)

17d

Officer arresting husband fell (4)

18d

Beaten silver I had impresses gallery (8)

20d

Piece of ground for horse racing (4)

21d

Decide to do this crossword again? (7)

22d

Carry off and put up in bed (6)

24d

Left resort at the start - it's not a nice place to live (5)

26d

Cube covered in gold is the last word (5)

27d

Small tailless dog that's offensive (4)