Daily Mail Cryptic #16475

2020-12-24

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Across

1a

Young man ordered to retain officer's feature in paper (5,6)

9a

Queasy individual among drunken cases on bow of ketch (7)

10a

A small amount allowed in by British doorman (7)

11a

Fish shelter, heading west (3)

12a

Paris police welcome soldiers over for fun and games (7)

13a

Routine varies before delivery (2,5)

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14a

Foreign coins put back in middle of field (3)

15a

Dark period near start of Twenties (5)

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17a

Big city, Prague, lacking odd characters (5)

18a

We're worried about shirt front so repeat stitches (5)

20a

Assemble before court (5)

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22a

A little bit of work requires a little bit of detergent (3)

24a

Head of government's first performance curtailed (7)

25a

Cryptic clue about writer's small room (7)

26a

One pair of lines, 9 (3)

27a

Special friend hosts old American dealing with union (7)

28a

Going after ball, strained but not very hard (7)

29a

County aids all except the first people in need (4,3,4)

Down

1d

Outraged IOC bans tailored body-building drug (8,7)

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2d

View what makes you cry over Private Eye (7)

3d

Current king very well placed on the margins by George (5)

4d

Blue tit perished in old English prison (9)

5d

Group of students in universities cut drink? That's odd (7)

6d

Broadcast unclear about performers where hot rods are (7,8)

7d

Superior blended fuel's handy (6)

8d

Wood collected round channel (6)

16d

Argue fiercely about radical, 26, underground fighter (9)

18d

Formal meal annually breaks holiday (6)

19d

A ship founders, having weight at both ends - it's a cutter (7)

21d

Picture that's forbidden to include green (7)

23d

Musical that helps everything run smoothly? (6)

25d

Obscure location of vast amount of data (5)