Daily Mail Cryptic #16581

2021-05-21

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1a

Perhaps needle playwright accepting Oscar (7)

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5a

Buccaneering Greek character, coarse (6)

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9a

Republican in working footwear coming from the sea (7)

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10a

Actor Paul grabbing special reporter (7)

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11a

Transmit song (3)

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12a

Clumsy trumpeter in Spain (11)

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Win after shedding pounds? No problem (5)

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14a

Bravo! Ted and Linda arranged chancy meeting (5,4)

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16a

Big Eddy, fine musician, grabs large mike (9)

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17a

Hotel cuts possibly red beef (5)

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19a

Bottle recent bubbly in HQ (5,6)

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22a

Small egg, one kept in by edges of nest (3)

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23a

They race using energy on twisty tracks, not constant (2,5)

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24a

Captivate old bloke in Paris street, heading west (7)

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26a

Vegetables, eighteen of them in course (6)

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27a

Breathing aid Noel's designed saves royal couple (7)

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Down

1d

Common genus of roses captured in image (7)

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2d

Underwriter somehow ruins a new church with less money? (9,6)

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3d

Start to tile stripped roof as well (3)

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4d

Old lawman takes part in rare event (5)

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5d

Belief system is encapsulated in quiet hymn (9)

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6d

Tree with horse boxes (5)

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7d

Explore one state to secure safe access? (11,4)

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8d

Small joints said to be a sign of cold (6)

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12d

The principles of the stethoscope (5)

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14d

Old MPs, author and spy? (9)

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15d

Party with Home Counties soak (5)

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16d

Workers become old members of household (6)

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18d

Comic learnt to camouflage his first entrance (7)

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20d

Spooky English lake (5)

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21d

Hardy heroine gripping Romeo's hair (5)

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25d

Notice duck in trouble (3)

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