Daily Mail Cryptic #16270

2020-03-12

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Across

1a

After church, Mildred arranged to hire trendy nanny (11)

9a

Head of Tate, say, is demoted, producing bad reaction (7)

10a

Quirky comedian wastes energy travelling around (7)

11a

Arab king's original zoo? (3)

12a

Expert upsets poor worker (3,4)

13a

Record poem about one’s part in serial (7)

14a

Low satellite with no name (3)

15a

Secure reversal of roles (5)

17a

Film about European geese in flight (5)

18a

Object with more expensive finish (3,2)

20a

Savage Roundhead protected by metals (5)

22a

Bird's leg bone missing both ends (3)

24a

Irish accepting new party sanction (7)

25a

Bound to delete abrupt transition between scenes (4,3)

26a

Main southeastern area (3)

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27a

Bad-tempered sheep worried - six must be brought in (7)

28a

It’s used when operating laptop in various places (7)

29a

Unprompted, comic puts on a nose (11)

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Down

1d

Callous indifference is a feature of reptiles (4,11)

2d

Latest routes making progress (7)

3d

Wood nymph boring a cedar's heart (5)

4d

Publican offers board and lodging in private (9)

5d

Five hundred swim with it at sea, the fools! (7)

6d

Big dishes of oilseed rape Scot cultivated (5,10)

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7d

Organised function with Mike that's unplanned (6)

8d

Sieve loose stones at bottom of mountain (6)

16d

Report furore involving meat (5,4)

18d

Release former English politician on time (6)

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19d

Left in charge of old covered entrance (7)

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21d

Posh doctor in Lagos curtailed backache (7)

23d

Endless, like some stories (6)

25d

Mythical sailor, at the outset just a lad (5)