Daily Mail Cryptic #16640

2021-08-12

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Across

1a

Record back complaint? (7,4)

9a

Everlasting, timeless, unethical (7)

10a

Display old hard part I brought in (7)

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11a

Several periods are withdrawn (3)

12a

Relish first of condiments they mixed with one in Paris (7)

13a

Ring round vessel during the day (7)

14a

Left European current coins there (3)

15a

Religious teacher and a couple of bishops in Rhode Island (5)

17a

Devoured repast (beans) at regular intervals (5)

18a

Fashion steps, by the sound of it (5)

20a

Dash about in capital ceaselessly (5)

22a

Popular king's writing material (3)

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24a

Following pressure, decree different lead (7)

25a

I’m tall, educated, English and unrivalled (3,4)

26a

Cut top off grass or bristle (3)

27a

Mail leaving remote station? (7)

28a

Dance presented outside lacking restraint (7)

29a

Average beer refreshed hard worker (5,6)

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Down

1d

Cryptic clue for university where locals meet? (9,6)

2d

NASA probe sailor (7)

3d

A cry rose in passage (5)

4d

Drill team potentially, using this? (9)

5d

Initially it’s futile keeping hotel with no outside help (2,5)

6d

Case big church hiding current member of government (7,8)

7d

Some relief is calculated, subject to revenue (6)

8d

Scarf, new, obtained illegally (6)

16d

Tower guard's not a vegetarian, it seems (9)

18d

Ship at sea about to transfer fluid (6)

19d

Poet’s soon, say, enthralling loner in distress (7)

21d

Oral examination permitted over in ME city (3,4)

23d

Look up Queen's zoo employee (6)

25d

Point of view that may be obtuse (5)