Daily Mail Cryptic #16407

2020-09-21

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Across

1a

Time to copy wind instrument? This machine should help (4,8)

8a

Butcher can vote for a piece of Brazil (7)

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9a

What a selfish tourist takes? (3,4)

11a

Lots know this old writer's on Crete, working (4,6)

12a

Butter's hard? I'm surprised about that (4)

14a

Teacher's English coin of old gold (8)

16a

Snow leopard pursues prey primarily in spring (6)

17a

Food price evens out (3)

19a

One who has view beside river? (6)

21a

Intimidate quiet small youth nervous about college (5,3)

24a

Wader tucked into Garibaldi biscuit (4)

25a

Covenanter condemned breach (10)

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27a

Lad runs round track without taking a breather (7)

28a

Puzzles that sort the wheat from the chaff? (7)

29a

Surgery distressing Yankee mothers etc - the end of fertility (12)

Down

1d

Fancy auto tours square without independent cover (7)

2d

Badly-run events go thus, like conferences? (4,6)

3d

Swedes perhaps source whip (4,4)

4d

Shrewd Conservative party on the rise (6)

5d

Jolly soldiers erected cross (4)

6d

Make money importing article made of clay (7)

7d

Old person's gone off wearing funny raincoat (12)

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10d

For example, he is now on edge (7,5)

13d

Risky dog somehow follows bird with big bill around hotel (5,3,2)

15d

Grave inscription causing tear (3)

18d

Obscure coteries break up (8)

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20d

The old dispute victories by a Tory ultimately (7)

22d

Laminate remaining old song (7)

23d

Cricketer's headgear (6)

26d

Occasionally forfeit guitar part (4)