Daily Mail Cryptic #16341

2020-06-19

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Across

1a

Excited, Zoe'd received one postcard with this on it? (3,4)

5a

Decipher clues about a part of contract (6)

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9a

Top-class log almost retrieved about rare wartime attack (3,4)

10a

Book dealing with what bartenders do (7)

11a

Botham regularly offered some resistance (3)

12a

Not all rotten Polish drivers sent back engine part (11)

13a

Fine young fellow, one might say (5)

14a

Step on board cool interplanetary transport (9)

16a

Old cure concocted by American is easily taken in (9)

17a

Controversial UK-Arab article denied religious coverage (5)

19a

Harry Lauder spoke - using this? (11)

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22a

First Lady's uniform reduced (3)

23a

Sixth son in awfully poor condition (7)

24a

Head across southeast to collect book (7)

26a

Baltic port distributes sand stored by Greek (6)

27a

Where nurses are often ahead (7)

Down

1d

Passionate old god consumed a lot nonstop (7)

2d

Butcher promoted raw tuna blend (11,4)

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3d

Cells needing a bit of renovation (3)

4d

Some fractured leg climbing tree (5)

5d

Fliers originally sent round first (9)

6d

Corridor is swamped with drink (5)

7d

His job on battlefield the outcome of better research, right? (9,6)

8d

Manage to raise bar when auditor comes in (4,2)

12d

Rodent, shy, on borders of Peru (5)

14d

Masonry in Stoke worn out (9)

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15d

Last bit of coal in last part of last month (5)

16d

Part of film about a hard Ottoman ruler (6)

18d

Evergreen contributor to language lessons (7)

20d

Shoot small individual engaged in fraud (5)

21d

Parts of current Japanese capital swapped for old one (5)

25d

Very old wife's pledge (3)