Daily Mail Cryptic #16545

2021-04-01

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Across

1a

Moan about spiking whisky on the rocks - it's unethical (11)

9a

The start of Hamlet’s short speech for his friend (7)

10a

Exhaust female with fever once, holding it back (7)

11a

Haggard character's hotel in Home Counties (3)

12a

In Arundel it is terribly snobbish (7)

13a

Traveller, Irish, about to get stuck into fizzy stout (7)

14a

Dorothy's point (3)

15a

Skinflint in the main steers in odd places (5)

17a

Woman avoids second number (5)

18a

Conservative noble brought back fawn (5)

20a

Old currency smuggled into football club (5)

22a

Discharge a person of faith (3)

24a

Get excited about Republican support for rider (7)

25a

Nearly claim run-out quite quickly (7)

26a

Shelter returning swimmer (3)

27a

Aromatic ingredient is filling a requirement (7)

28a

It's mean to state how old someone is (7)

29a

Attempt to sell French newspaper for everyone (4,2,5)

Down

1d

Stalinist miner foolishly seizes unknown communist (7,8)

2d

Battery element ignited, unpleasant smell engulfing one (7)

3d

Bouncers finally shift flyers here at night (5)

4d

Spies eat after recruiting European - here? (9)

5d

Independent books, offensive, make unwelcome entrance (7)

6d

Using hall elsewhere, employ outside means of communication (7,8)

7d

Protect main feature of coats of arms (6)

8d

Person on board ignores leading CID officer and cleric (6)

16d

Key player depresses it, thus activating felt pad (4,5)

18d

One of the leads cut apple (2,4)

19d

Social climber not at first engaging in wild rave-up (7)

21d

Irish girl left 26 over in do (7)

23d

Constant enthusiast's plant, 21's favourite? (6)

25d

Scare in the style of Royal Marines (5)