Daily Mail Cryptic #16577

2021-05-17

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Across

1a

During flowering uranium's producing a form of radiation (12)

8a

Inexperienced Romeo loosened clothing (7)

9a

Erudite student brought in money (7)

11a

Complex poems I edit were representative (10)

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12a

Insurance company covers European country (4)

14a

Composer sounds like worker at last (8)

16a

A local boards fast westbound section of Paris metro (6)

17a

Jack initially trumps a King (3)

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19a

Stand quietly dressing horse (6)

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21a

Nearly go berserk from one January to the next (8)

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24a

Limit appearing among the landed gentry (4)

25a

Parking in a company car to get a drink (4,6)

27a

Flyer for charity (4,3)

28a

Exploit is in vain without leader (7)

29a

Cook endorses post for server maybe (12)

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Down

1d

Plump swimmer hosts a series of races (7)

2d

Class I introduced to union's lack of diversity (10)

3d

Communist worker welcomes US soldier and star (3,5)

4d

Surly old nurse bandages university lecturers (6)

5d

Cut up end-of-term paper (4)

6d

Denounce fraud supported by loveless fiend (7)

7d

Sequence she adapted covers parliament's opening, as does this 22 (6,6)

10d

Given extra protection, stand-in relaxed after golf (6,6)

13d

Somehow 12 also takes in briefly rich island (6,4)

15d

American blocking his city's negative response (3)

18d

Recalculates cost of nearly everything in satirical shows (8)

20d

Innocent girl's genuine broadcast (7)

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22d

Address group of stars at opening (7)

23d

Riddle's a trifle convoluted (6)

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26d

On way up, regularly suss out cast (4)