Daily Mail Cryptic #16386

2020-08-21

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Across

1a

Country lover's group hired by Irishman (7)

5a

Most recent US city trial (6)

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9a

Leaf primarily developed daily across front of pond (4,3)

10a

Former Portuguese colony hosts little river ape (7)

11a

Doctor protects a space (3)

12a

One spots new stars - latest count is wrong (6,5)

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13a

Child's complaint is universal during harvest (5)

14a

Sailor's job, scorching around western third of Africa (9)

16a

Find empty lorry? That's weird (9)

17a

Grain spotted initially among small stones (5)

19a

Ramshackle hut in Oslo they rebuilt as cheap lodging (5,6)

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22a

Names impress posh sister (3)

23a

Half of bikers backed objections voiced in Israeli farm (7)

24a

More miserly treasurer hides eight crackers (7)

26a

Quaker cooked to entertain knight (6)

27a

Well developed, as are broad figures (7)

Down

1d

Swimming plaice ingest gallons of ocean (7)

2d

Ring this huge figure (9,6)

3d

Brat is more precocious at first (3)

4d

Sort of wave - it flipped boy surfacing (5)

5d

Famous English garden designed within lovely borders (9)

6d

Conditions of heating units hospital abandoned (5)

7d

Shift position and feel cocky (4,11)

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8d

Disorderly artillerymen joke around first of tanks (6)

12d

Sailor's taken over gym to get thinner (5)

14d

Son mooched nervously around entrance to zoo and chatted (9)

15d

Sponsor a new set (5)

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16d

Free instrument inspires National Youth Orchestra (6)

18d

Given permanent post in US, European turned bolshie (7)

20d

Home Office exploit royal family (5)

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21d

Inferior alcohol, not good, upset teacher (5)

25d

Leading trio of ungulates head north - or just one of them (3)