Daily Mail Cryptic #16621

2021-07-16

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Across

1a

Chap eats first of radishes before cheese (7)

5a

Permits leader to abandon scaffold (6)

9a

Weak with flu, shaking, unable to sleep (7)

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10a

Clan returns in middle of Durham revival (7)

11a

First person in Rome, say, with nothing (3)

12a

Lobby vocally against dictionary that’s incomplete (11)

13a

Church assembly engaged in controversy, no doubt (5)

14a

County has books covering former French weather feature (4,5)

16a

Fine terrier trained to guard top-class market trader (9)

17a

Honour piece of ground this country retrieved (5)

19a

Left stylish English playwright holding right output device (4,7)

22a

Gently touch fish (3)

23a

I find EU surprisingly integrated (7)

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24a

Engineer agreed to maintain whiskey plant (7)

26a

Form of language proclaiming wrong levy? (6)

27a

Look after infant, changing bib, say, on time (7)

Down

1d

Comic sent up king and queen's gormless onlookers (7)

2d

Mitford sister hosts celebrated designer Mary X perhaps (7,8)

3d

Somewhat selfish little creature (3)

4d

Pick up story about Conservative flair (5)

5d

A posh circular (minus intro) distributed about hearing (9)

6d

Bar billiards entertains some stars from the south (5)

7d

Impetuosity - a trait of mammals and birds (4,11)

8d

Craving initially restrained in this temperature (6)

12d

Inspect uniform in entrance to mine (5)

14d

Wrong CD read in by old database (4,5)

15d

Religious ascetic just about heading for Kabul (5)

16d

Well-fed four regularly attract revolutionary (4,2)

18d

Correct articles fit surrounding layer (7)

20d

Object to pin being moved (5)

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21d

One can make broth from this pulse (5)

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25d

Have a chat to catch up (3)