Daily Mail Cryptic #16566

2021-04-30

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Across

1a

He repairs pipes, the first of them with wood (7)

5a

Virginia rain and mist (6)

9a

Peter out? He's on holiday, some say (4,3)

10a

Garden trellis I scrubbed is about to get worse again (7)

11a

Moviegoer hides self-interest (3)

12a

He pottered about gathering money, easily infuriated (3,8)

13a

A single piece of information established starting point (5)

14a

Writer's following straightforward order (9)

16a

Talk about past crimes possibly involving popular earl (9)

17a

Colonist once met me after revolution (5)

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19a

Restyle and sell soft cleaner for choppers (6,5)

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22a

Name a Parisian sister (3)

23a

A mistake in English is foolish (7)

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24a

More costly wagon put in the shade (7)

26a

Take off top journalist boarding tube (6)

27a

Code in French tomb (7)

Down

1d

Fake pennies, about 10 old pennies (7)

2d

Drunk Ulsterman’s in Kop? It’s obviously not cricket! (15)

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3d

Show disapproval of unfinished novel, say (3)

4d

Restore scripture, one appearing in newspaper (5)

5d

Back supporters of green European bank in Dundee (9)

6d

Small growth in Monopoly players (5)

7d

Unionist party menial ran trips, breaking Westminster rules (15)

8d

What busybodies do? Sound gong (6)

12d

Primate's not entirely compassionate (5)

14d

Alienate cats if fed in different places (9)

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15d

It entails taking men on board, finishing with mate (5)

16d

Engineers face call again (6)

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18d

Time factor restricts November function (7)

20d

Engine finally used in Audi possibly the last word? (5)

21d

Louvre managed to lose rare part of plant (5)

25d

Sentence is copied originally exactly as written (3)