Daily Mail Cryptic #16414

2020-09-30

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Across

1a

Old broadcast beats depression (8)

5a

Swindle good high-class politician touring Arizona (6)

9a

Old Scotsman goes back some way to find aromatic plant (8)

10a

Engineers run over dealer (6)

12a

Square popular in north-east (4)

13a

Doctor Marlowe’s strange day in fantasy land (10)

15a

Spy solo caver's unusual way to obtain sodium carbonate (6,7)

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19a

Haphazard windy attraction? (6,7)

23a

Ground of hotel had what's said to be good for you (6,4)

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25a

Rounds of gammon with reduced margins (4)

28a

Vigorously tackle beer gut and facial hair (6)

29a

Top learner in small boat (8)

30a

The Spanish calm team (6)

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31a

Illicit traveller in island port bringing in whisky for sailors (8)

Down

1d

Good kids enjoy this on 19, except son (6)

2d

Little monkey snaffles fruit (5)

3d

Artist and parliamentarian supply sleeping policeman (4)

4d

Turn up hit song 'Fever' (7)

6d

Dart right into a fight (5)

7d

Pants etc below NE river (9)

8d

One's entering march, 13 maybe (8)

11d

Beef or fish? (4)

14d

Rising feel-good factor and exhilaration (4)

15d

Conscious of one's own feelings, erase flaw at work (4,5)

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16d

Steer tug, avoiding middle of liner (3)

17d

A hot liquid that’s taken in court (4)

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18d

Ex-Foreign Secretary behind article in Dutch city (3,5)

20d

Out of danger, having foundered initially in rough sea (4)

21d

One unhealthily 15 Down, say, is excessive outside (7)

22d

Reluctant to talk about sea satire perhaps (6)

24d

Woman's put in note at that point (5)

26d

Parrot's beginning to make a crow's sound (5)

27d

Recognise nerd who's turned up (4)