Daily Mail Cryptic #16447

2020-11-16

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Across

1a

Holiday course for studying adders? (6,6)

8a

Improve English Channel - it’s nearly all polluted (7)

9a

Mother hides a blemish using this perhaps (7)

11a

Appeal to patient working with first of medics (10)

12a

Drip which is making puddles primarily (4)

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14a

Both parents follow vehicle to get Herb (8)

16a

Law covering new big gun (6)

17a

Harry the hack (3)

19a

Brussels chief recruits a French guard for sultan (6)

21a

After alterations, they open for novice (8)

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24a

They may be used to attack Arab writing (4)

25a

Exuberant female beat worker defending son (10)

27a

Books and uniform in equipment at unknown farm abroad (7)

28a

Fashion model accepting a royal title (7)

29a

Online data massaged by telecoms firm shows what we owe (8,4)

Down

1d

One designs plot and border in small church by river (7)

2d

RC receptacle displays ornaments, about 100 (10)

3d

Foreign article next to notice influenced vote (8)

4d

Call child to embrace worried mum (6)

5d

One leaves to raise anchor (4)

6d

New idea inn rejected getting warm reception (7)

7d

Warring archdukes met to create currency unit once (8,4)

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10d

A very quiet finish to my enthralling City operation (12)

13d

Waterproofing material that restricts jockeys or golfers? (4,6)

15d

Writer quits most important isle (3)

18d

Room in Colditz lacking an early sign of life (4,4)

20d

Bloke lifted timeless bone somewhere in Africa (7)

22d

Harry ate dory a long time ago (4,3)

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23d

Prominently display description of 24 (6)

26d

South American Indian people set up one (4)