Daily Mail Cryptic #16479

2020-12-30

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Across

1a

Refined tempo when flute's played (8)

5a

Obama struggled to save energy in early life (6)

9a

Hollywood aura beginning to envelop director (American) (8)

10a

Subject involves right line of latitude (6)

12a

Oddly unsteady, as are some vehicles on forecourt (4)

13a

Sort of music test to entertain royal box (10)

15a

Personal arrangement advertising support for fast food? (8,5)

19a

Put out stylish commode, say (13)

23a

Sort of temperament Mike’s lacking for some poetry (10)

25a

Part of Paisley that's surrounded by water (4)

28a

Style of writing incorporated in digital iconography (6)

29a

Anaesthetise a player in distress, clutching top of shin (8)

30a

Having a go at judge's job (6)

31a

Americans drink superior port, attracting much interest (8)

Down

1d

Paper uses it in a different sequence (6)

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2d

Barely touch crop (5)

3d

Circular movement of bear heading off (4)

4d

Release a Parisian guard in prison (7)

6d

Rome's unusual way of doing things (5)

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7d

Old priest yearning to employ extremely alert censor (9)

8d

Praise expert touring area in low temperature (8)

11d

Trim layer Ken ignored (4)

14d

Woman accepts ring before long (4)

15d

Transmit a couple of lines about county school (9)

16d

Popular name for boozer (3)

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17d

Slope - an increasingly rare feature of High Street (4)

18d

Precisely identify two IDs containing zero, first of three (8)

20d

Wool supplier with top-of-the-range jug (4)

21d

Thick white blankets give lift to Room 101 (7)

22d

In which to find Ceres bust, small? (6)

24d

A Welsh girl resident in largest continent (5)

26d

Authority keeps silent? (3,2)

27d

Hard tune that needs to be trimmed (4)