Daily Mail Cryptic #16701

2021-11-05

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Across

1a

Fool's success hiding bad flaw (7)

5a

One goes in to drive away carriage (6)

9a

Staff control a scheme that's designed for traffic (7)

10a

A cat managed to break fine English biscuit (7)

11a

Second person upended buoy with top missing (3)

12a

Perhaps Wensleydale clergy’s thin material (11)

13a

Concert includes European introduction (5)

14a

Eccentric Belgian guards area very suitable for boats (9)

16a

Not as quick going round a French fellow's plant (9)

17a

Frequently one arranged to collect paper (5)

19a

One born in February maybe keeps tin stove for collector (11)

22a

People used to protect unit in Romania (3)

23a

Head off chaos at a party that's sort of green (7)

24a

Cabbage's OK cooked with a chip (3,4)

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26a

Book three's in need of editing (6)

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27a

Highest-ranking card (Hearts) secures one victory (7)

Down

1d

Be quick! Hot spicy food's beginning to go off at university (5,2)

2d

Wasted ages out of line with an old peace grouping (6,2,7)

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3d

It's amazing, with or without starters (3)

4d

Herb's note about short hymn (5)

5d

Angry about combination of music styles (9)

6d

Old American street directory etc shredded (5)

7d

Lily, a leading light at Christmas once (4,2,9)

8d

IT expert breaks the ice (6)

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12d

Desert conveyor arrived at end of trail (5)

14d

Blair's term a version of 'War on Blue'? (3,6)

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15d

Painful sound from old old lady outside (5)

16d

Main route, for example, covers east and west at first (6)

18d

Adjusted hours in producing feed (7)

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20d

Cancel game having lost leader (5)

21d

Popular place for computer data (5)

25d

Chap cooked with this fish, creating 24 (3)