Daily Mail Cryptic #16641

2021-08-13

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Across

1a

Friendly sailor dives in a long way (7)

5a

Englishman in Mexico going nuts about Republican (6)

9a

Firm to eat and drink, getting over depression (2,5)

10a

Candidate one ordered to guard quarry (7)

11a

Pain during doggy paddle (3)

12a

Feed tablet to a rare form of butterfly? (11)

13a

Note that comes and goes (5)

14a

Film a peer abroad for topographical guide (6,3)

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16a

School hyped case for its annual prize-giving event (6,3)

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17a

Private Victor divorced wife (5)

19a

Where some injured soldiers go the wrong way round? (4,2,5)

22a

Return fan's VAT (3)

23a

Reposition bad sign in middle (7)

24a

Afterwards nearly everyone's on the side (7)

26a

Old English composer welcoming warrant officer's motto (6)

27a

Absolutely lifeless place (4,3)

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Down

1d

Seaweed penetrates a small distance as filler (7)

2d

When Americans celebrate sci-fi film (12,3)

3d

Trash wine stand (3)

4d

Escape from European plane circling Cape (5)

5d

In most cases information really varied (9)

6d

One American IT firm circulated bits of poetry (5)

7d

Palace guards sent man telegram for translation (9,2,4)

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8d

The French stumble and speak furiously (3,3)

12d

Joker initially cut off mike (5)

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14d

Outlined more clearly, like entries in new OED, ... (9)

15d

... the dictionary containing proclamation (5)

16d

Authority impounds contents of tube tunnel (6)

18d

Lock feature girl arranged with net (7)

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20d

Beat poet cleverly controls metre (5)

21d

Worked topless, like a smooth-running machine (5)

25d

Leaves the bar at regular times (3)