Daily Mail Cryptic #16321

2020-05-22

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Across

1a

Former state put pressure on much larger one (7)

5a

Save extract king ignored (6)

9a

Put in a new line respecting marriage (7)

10a

Permanent cross missing from outside (7)

11a

Mutt can't understand rules at first (3)

12a

Make concrete with less clarity somehow (11)

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13a

Saw amateur team doctor coming back (5)

14a

Cooked meat stew in case fries bombed (9)

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16a

Likewise army is ill-prepared (9)

17a

A helping of chickpea champ and fruit (5)

19a

Switch on incubator for built-up area (11)

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22a

There's often one in clue to help you win finally (3)

23a

A first-class average recalled cause of weakness? (7)

24a

Sort of animal with rear end consisting of plates (7)

26a

Restructure time in messy organisation (6)

27a

Having swapped sections, bureaucracy came to an end (7)

Down

1d

Old man comes across an excellent cure-all (7)

2d

Unionist Party menial ran off, contrary to House rules (15)

3d

Runner is climbing over peak ultimately (3)

4d

Colleague inspires English passage (5)

5d

Supply power to new fertile city without it (9)

6d

Fish container caught on rock (5)

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7d

Device for a writer wanting to make a point (6,9)

8d

Pelt rook (6)

12d

Desert transporter arrived late at the front (5)

14d

Shoot a large weapon, causing this to go off? (4,5)

15d

Like swan's place to 3 (5)

16d

Very secular revolutionary party (6)

18d

Old invaders fear losing a former part of county (7)

20d

Perhaps watch upcoming area of activity (5)

21d

Sound means of entry (5)

25d

Shock Brit in Victoria heading north (3)