Daily Mail Cryptic #16650

2021-08-26

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Across

1a

Reason for struggle with attitude (5,2,4)

9a

Begin time with one setting sail on yacht? (7)

10a

Start is temporarily limiting performer (7)

11a

Scrap newspaper (3)

12a

Colonist with workers' produce avoiding English saint (7)

13a

Examined stallion that is dead (7)

14a

Thomas Hardy's partial remains (3)

15a

Quickly dispenses with recipe for sauce (5)

17a

Earl left Golf in Scottish town (5)

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18a

Answer to American nicking cars (5)

20a

Yorkshire city's what sleuth looks for, reportedly (5)

22a

Favourite exercises with trainer primarily (3)

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24a

Bob matches formal wear (3,4)

25a

Undertaking concert is exhausting at first (7)

26a

Extremely large piece of Lima (3)

27a

Wary about judge, occasionally surly (7)

28a

Present old hammer (7)

29a

Run down one friend I'd recalled having taken out (11)

Down

1d

On Twitter, Daphne organised party (5,3,4,3)

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2d

Ring up criminal about old clique (2,5)

3d

Go over a river and wait (5)

4d

Identify individual crossing street and part of pavement (9)

5d

Disruptively enter it under ground (7)

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6d

Cleaner whips a gun out, initially lifting £1 (7,2,6)

7d

On first of April, start changing beds (6)

8d

What secures end of deltoid in part of joint (6)

16d

Receipt showing special beers and lager picked up (5,4)

18d

Group from Sweden empty cosy office in monastery (6)

19d

King engaged in immoral drinking to excess (7)

21d

Filmed place for sporting event (4,3)

23d

Stylish attempt to keep goal (6)

25d

Start to play heavy metal request (5)