Daily Mail Cryptic #16652

2021-08-30

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Across

1a

Edit text chief sent over for advance payment (12)

8a

US agents spoil a revolutionary language (7)

9a

Pal runs off to get jam (5,2)

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11a

Cheats hide stacks in dry debris now and then (10)

12a

Ring friend to conserve energy (4)

14a

Save member some pork (5,3)

16a

Where people go to allow one to enter (6)

17a

Group of people around green (3)

19a

Simple church teas distributed (6)

21a

Avoid fish and young bird (8)

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24a

Work in shop usually (4)

25a

Peer and earl leave, admitting venal manoeuvring (10)

27a

Performed melody in return for drink (7)

28a

Spoil duelling moves, dropping foil finally (7)

29a

European nation awfully cagey about new property firm (6,6)

Down

1d

Endurance’s mainmast shattered, except top (7)

2d

Chess player hated terrible epidemic (5,5)

3d

Nonsense story talked about drink (8)

4d

Cover popular small flower (6)

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5d

What changes when temperature rises? (4)

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6d

Instruction on machine in crude rig? (3,4)

7d

Crusading symbol making islanders angry (7,5)

10d

Yank to persuade that woman to cooperate (4,8)

13d

Stagger forest, allowing in good alpine plants there (4,6)

15d

Bottom bunk (3)

18d

Car makers object, ignoring hotel inspector's job (8)

20d

Old boy, a smoker, accompanying student group (7)

22d

In a perfect world I would undoubtedly shed top (7)

23d

Level plaza (6)

26d

Section included in 23 acres (4)