Daily Mail Cryptic #16495

2021-01-21

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Across

1a

Order a hot dip with rice, producing perspiration (11)

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9a

Songbird does it, primarily robin and blackbird in part of UK (7)

10a

Harry agreed around November to send bananas (7)

11a

Some of the riskiest sort of jumps? (3)

12a

Two men seize earl, a royal representative (7)

13a

Alexander’s wife in a car travelling round Zambia (7)

14a

Station with no water where everyone goes (3)

15a

Equine sound from the people next door? Not half! (5)

17a

Surrender profit (5)

18a

Back US soldier in vehicle in Havana for instance (5)

20a

Leaf's fine, circular, with no centre (5)

22a

Young copper on beat's first (3)

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24a

Student quits Tuvalu prepared to tour a new Pacific nation (7)

25a

Before long, diminutive lady loses heart (7)

26a

The Spanish king’s browser? (3)

27a

Roots in ground twisting (7)

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28a

Such characters are inclined to show stress (7)

29a

Good fortune saves good busy garage - bags going on there (7,4)

Down

1d

BBC boss, police officer and minister meet brass hat (8,7)

2d

Section of wing stored in trailer once (7)

3d

Cheeky girl, strangely shy when around American (5)

4d

Receiver impounds chic straggly plant (9)

5d

Husky that Roy trained (7)

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6d

Absurd eccentric kind of fraud (10,5)

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7d

Merry wives left to do a turn (6)

8d

Announce artist secured housing (6)

16d

Brussels upset All Blacks in ugly final, causing complaint (9)

18d

Somewhere to hide Eliot's cat, motherless (6)

19d

Studying place in Berkshire (7)

21d

Model moon in play (7)

23d

Fresh-faced Yankee, one taken in by rubbish (6)

25d

Before a quarter past five, 11 avoid work (5)