Daily Mail Cryptic #16392

2020-08-31

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Across

1a

Greek character, lecturer and choirman trained orchestra (12)

8a

Lit explosive without gel and died (7)

9a

Economist endlessly espouses overtime as a tonic (7)

11a

German sees dreadful scarcity (10)

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12a

Off peak (4)

14a

Playful sketch based on this novel (8)

16a

Disclose what Salome repeatedly did (6)

17a

Low satellite, not all of it visible (3)

19a

Salad ingredient’s excessively dull inside (6)

21a

What somehow keeps cold and flu away? Being alert (8)

24a

I had kept church decorated (4)

25a

Marconi has drunk strong liqueur (10)

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27a

Release scenery at no cost (3,4)

28a

Grandpa is another welcoming rustic (7)

29a

Sane politician besieged by angry economists (6,6)

Down

1d

One in Lahore plays in a pub entertaining Juliet (7)

2d

Highway robbery initially boring without Will (10)

3d

Teacher is visiting border in pursuit of pleasure (8)

4d

Spots topless runner coming in, dashing (6)

5d

Old Norse axes in decorative stone (4)

6d

Knitted doilies put on a pedestal (7)

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7d

Rare deliveries - one in identical place comes first (7,5)

10d

Hot going in, they all ordered cool booze basically (5,7)

13d

A French group of minor celebs host cool well-balanced rider (10)

15d

Doctor Who's frequently asked question (3)

18d

Tree growth, one covered in fine fruit (3,5)

20d

A storm bursts around energy conductor (7)

22d

Workers finish on these papers during conflicts (7)

23d

Stroke worries swimmer at the start (6)

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26d

Officer shields Republican grass perhaps (4)