Daily Mail Cryptic #16397

2020-09-07

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Across

1a

Dandy drier (12)

8a

Himalayan giant drinks beer regularly (7)

9a

A seaweed in middle of summer that's filling (7)

11a

Part of journalist’s work giving support in Switzerland (6,4)

12a

Majority of basement room occupied by prisoner (4)

14a

Stock controller confused merchandiser lacking rice (8)

16a

Snakes do this with their coils (6)

17a

Step over? Not quite (3)

19a

Tell story about a ship's dog (6)

21a

Ruby for one gets me no bananas (8)

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24a

Bring in a little bit of cereal, last of corn (4)

25a

One cleric worked with Republican settler (10)

27a

Ship’s master agitated about entrance to estuary (7)

28a

Groups who enrol in Kate's complex (7)

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29a

Parish caretaker's pipe (12)

Down

1d

One working with last stone close to despair (7)

2d

Upbeat bloke is probing measuring device in pub (10)

3d

Initially he and I cover horse race (8)

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4d

Grab a few notes (6)

5d

Old friend's 21 (4)

6d

Advise ska singer to tour Spain before end of August (7)

7d

Investors in Swedish capital nearly corrupt Reds (12)

10d

Symbol of crusaders making islanders angry (7,5)

13d

Tried writing, censored by editor (10)

15d

Badger and old horse (3)

18d

A melon is prepared as a dessert (8)

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20d

What brakes may do, delivering loose rocks to church (7)

22d

Waterproof paints on ink ground (7)

23d

Explore Home Counties vault (6)

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26d

Eastern border upset ME leader (4)