Daily Mail Cryptic #16345

2020-06-25

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Across

1a

Big stores avoid these teams' gifts, I hear (4,7)

9a

Toastie's underdone portion (7)

10a

One rascal spikes very old uneven pitch (7)

11a

Leaderless Republic's fury (3)

12a

Collapse if a rule's broken (7)

13a

Repeat request for wind instrument college lost (7)

14a

I've no time for that party excluding son (3)

15a

Big bird eaten by another one (5)

17a

Prominent old newspaper found in empty lorry (5)

18a

Originally Manchester United footballers trained in civvies (5)

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20a

Iron papers (5)

22a

A feature of Arctic everywhere (3)

24a

Old jailer and knight tucked into Christmas fare (7)

25a

Schoolmaster's longing to fit in short term (7)

26a

Mark loves farm sound (3)

27a

What acrobats use, some flipping with ease, it's said (7)

28a

Wife and I had gone off duck (7)

29a

Damaging strike by big port (American) (11)

Down

1d

Where do serious hospital cases go? That's easy (15)

2d

Emerge from pit, taking a turn that hurts (7)

3d

Parody excludes radical French composer (5)

4d

Think highly of rector always in Parisian church (9)

5d

Mobile banjaxed crossing river and mire (7)

6d

Reserve stall of seafood? That's beside the point (5,10)

7d

Lead round judge initially admiring cheap building (6)

8d

Cheer old soldiers during country dance (6)

16d

Harry may regret securing compensation (9)

18d

Couple touring Utah change (6)

19d

Writer used to dip into this at home, sounding put out (7)

21d

Child pinches a medal, the brat! (2,3,2)

23d

Go wrong with short delivery, say (6)

25d

Device used to pull loom? (5)