Daily Mail Cryptic #16316

2020-05-15

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Across

1a

Braille flummoxed party member (7)

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5a

Revealing Philby concealed by one of his own (6)

9a

Plant, one not cooked in Caribbean island (7)

10a

Ruffled rector occupied outside (7)

11a

European unit some people use (3)

12a

Railway restricted judge (6,5)

13a

Contents of cask put in still for brewer’s agent (5)

14a

Noble act by worker perhaps nursing a sick guest (4,5)

16a

Black Bess's unknown competitor? (4,5)

17a

Sort of inert explosive ingredient (5)

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19a

UN soldier exercises with expert zoo attendant (11)

22a

Scrap university fund-raiser (3)

23a

Be happy - start smoking! (5,2)

24a

Weather changes, generating wind (7)

26a

Barrow-boy's fruit captivates landlady’s heart (6)

27a

Fully developed well-balanced opener dismissed (7)

Down

1d

Money carried about in the neighbourhood (7)

2d

Returned mailbag resolved unexplained losses here (7,8)

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3d

Men upset women's argument (3)

4d

Hen's bed (5)

5d

It sounds like county swallowed gag (9)

6d

Seeing, not missing, what decorator applies (5)

7d

After treatment, pal turned out, say, sort of fat (15)

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8d

Stick Bill where setter is (6)

12d

Nick religious books in new church (5)

14d

Drinks dispenser's cupboard guarded by alarm? (9)

15d

Busy person inhales nitrogen? He’s had it (5)

16d

Spot double parking in valley (6)

18d

E for expert? (7)

20d

Rave about what's in next Olympics (5)

21d

Power we found in rivers (5)

25d

Bird eaten by lemurs (3)