Daily Mail Cryptic #16362

2020-07-20

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Across

1a

Base calculation on odd rise in part of Europe (3,9)

8a

Dante is absurd as a replacement (7)

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9a

Newspaper goes in to slate first keyboard player (7)

11a

Criticise what bakers do, I hear, with crooked pegs? (5,5)

12a

Contact sheet (4)

14a

What kids like at seaside, left boring unneeded material (8)

16a

Spring border chaos (6)

17a

Old man, one visiting daughters (3)

19a

Container, huge one, first to be discharged (6)

21a

Water in Turkey spoils Rob's soup (8)

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24a

Ducks drink litres (4)

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25a

Harsh university impounds car, not quite crammed (10)

27a

Hairstyle that creates a buzz? (7)

28a

Practise wrestling without one? That's impossible (7)

29a

Freud studied this boat business cousins managed (12)

Down

1d

Roped in girl with dictionary (7)

2d

What Derek will spread round centre of field? (10)

3d

Green minister with old money accepting big noise (8)

4d

Check up about very quiet child (6)

5d

Clear out lots of paper (4)

6d

Inscription in stone hidden in untidy heap (7)

7d

Hear Greek character book and pay (4,2,3,3)

10d

Worried mothers get complaints about small picnic item (7,5)

13d

Italian composer briefly tucked into Don’s drink (10)

15d

Good speaker has a gift of this case from the south (3)

18d

Fight at home daily (8)

20d

Flatten out leaves in rice dish, missing one (7)

22d

Key house members start to relish dessert (7)

23d

Imprison trainee worker (6)

26d

One's in Washington making record (4)