Daily Mail Cryptic #16634

2021-08-04

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Across

1a

Delay one breaking into hotel grounds (8)

5a

Two-thirds of puzzle for furniture maker (6)

9a

One working late near drier, losing energy (5,3)

10a

Old Unionists originally in parliament disappear (3,3)

12a

Sexy novel about acquiring type of agate (4)

13a

Place of worship's altar inlaid with carved nacre (10)

15a

What gourmet cooked round home that’s appetising (5,8)

19a

Emotional soldier found in pub after horror film (13)

23a

Representative group's assignment of tasks (10)

25a

Some excavate Spanish wine (4)

28a

Gracious writer's promise (2,4)

29a

Party workers go in to delete record (8)

30a

Tear a strip off floor covering (6)

31a

Young mares Kenyan initially entered in African state event for them? (8)

Down

1d

Hard woman gathers energy to persevere (4,2)

2d

Goods in bean plant soaked (5)

3d

Cheers old volunteers twice (2,2)

4d

Walk along canal to what oddly guards first of punts (7)

6d

Cut top off bad dress (5)

7d

British Rail rebuilt round about church, concerned with tubes (9)

8d

Take precedence over exit route, one might say (8)

11d

Cheese served up by the plateful (4)

14d

Shut up hotels American introduced (4)

15d

Mayor flew out in transport for pilgrims (9)

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16d

Court with holes (3)

17d

Every strand should be topped (4)

18d

Record worried medic controlling one widespread illness (8)

20d

Wall at hospital hides one (4)

21d

Google strange unknown science (7)

22d

Brahman trained to grasp Vedic hymn (6)

24d

Greedily consume Cheddar perhaps (5)

26d

Space accommodating final in competition? (5)

27d

Scrap vessel (4)