Daily Mail Cryptic #16491

2021-01-15

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Across

1a

Asian country's native polluted mouth of Mekong (7)

5a

Refuse to acknowledge racket involving pork supplier (6)

9a

It's hellish in South America and it can spread (7)

10a

Bookmaker's last to go in to incite support for jockey (7)

11a

Person from Middle East returns without a supporter (3)

12a

The best team tops this move after about three miles (6,5)

13a

Complicated duet followed by initially easy piece (5)

14a

Withdraw with daughter into small urban area (5,4)

16a

Old manuscript's section about church workers (9)

17a

More mature foreign articles (5)

19a

Formally support college girl's degree (6,5)

22a

Stop cuckoo coming back (3)

23a

About 50, sacked, put their feet up (7)

24a

River where Zulus welcome a doctor with English iodine (7)

26a

High-spirited filly, initially dangerous (6)

27a

Cavities employed in ship (7)

Down

1d

Close relative in base easily spotted (7)

2d

Revised EU tax circular covering rights outside college (15)

3d

Grandmother comes and goes (3)

4d

Hundreds fill Middle Eastern area - here? (5)

5d

Awfully stupid worker, one who argues (9)

6d

Top teacher receives husband on time (5)

7d

Merry Andrew blossomed, showing passion (4,11)

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8d

Organ observed entertaining platoon (6)

12d

Scrounger, unreliable guy, turns up nursing cold (5)

14d

Seedy chap ruined annual event in school (6,3)

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15d

University avoids coercion to get into line (5)

16d

Finished rally having spent all the dough (6)

18d

Scraps seminar after reorganisation (7)

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20d

Bond star’s back, hugging former partner (5)

21d

Unknown European appears in posters for tools (5)

25d

Crew's long hair cut (3)