Daily Mail Cryptic #16314

2020-05-13

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Across

1a

Listeners in here trained to repeat lines (8)

5a

Autocrat locks leader of strike in warehouse (6)

9a

He works with people creating security device (8)

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10a

Carpet worker catches rodent (6)

12a

Examine small tin (4)

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13a

Crispy biscuit's identifying mark: viola in reverse (6,4)

15a

Furtive superior tuts fussily, having brought one in (13)

19a

Badly-managed inn apologised for illness (4,9)

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23a

Bird would, I hear, creep jerkily around rear of oak (10)

25a

Ski-lift to be arranged beside run (1,3)

28a

Thin cloth mostly protects English breakfast (6)

29a

Glow from Romeo I clutched in a waltz perhaps (8)

30a

Make tidy line at end, ignoring frills (6)

31a

Vegetable’s better cooked with ducks (8)

Down

1d

Climber perhaps holds record for sleep (6)

2d

African animal's hunger in middle of Sahara (5)

3d

Pain in stomach exacerbated (4)

4d

Rush around place to spend lots (7)

6d

Dedicated poem, say, in cathedral city (5)

7d

Ordinary lad close to composing church music (9)

8d

In Brest, very quietly, a ship makes illegal entry (8)

11d

Join together and think about leaving hotel (4)

14d

Stole package (4)

15d

Note a poet with artist in EastEnders, for instance (4,5)

16d

Nearly kick step (3)

17d

Group of musicians regularly turn it on (4)

18d

Woodman managed to rescue lost granny perhaps (3,5)

20d

Long drainage channel’s first to be removed (4)

21d

Direct work in theatre (7)

22d

Encourage conservationists to be critical (6)

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24d

Beat peas, say (5)

26d

Difficult job fitting in a new instrument (5)

27d

Deep in thought, swallowing beer probably (4)