Daily Mail Cryptic #16707

2021-11-15

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Across

1a

Puerto Rican managed to hold power in Caribbean capital (4,2,6)

8a

Help African capital caught out backing ideal state (7)

9a

Deer born in EU kept in Gibraltar? (7)

11a

Definitely attempt to retain English auditor in the past (10)

12a

Left students lying around old lounge (4)

14a

Tossed picadors scattered (8)

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16a

Putting aside Times, botanist reshaped small growth (6)

17a

Second poster's blue (3)

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19a

Take in draught of popular hotel beer (6)

21a

Battle station (8)

24a

Half of European capital's source of annoyance (4)

25a

A short report on Celtic ground is mad (10)

27a

Manage county's decline (3,4)

28a

Devoured last of omelette with roasted peanut (5,2)

29a

Lots of these in Savile Row record acts (4,8)

Down

1d

His art can be misanthropic, as some admit (7)

2d

Mead and beer drunk with the French, like 6 (10)

3d

Obsessive sibling gets over ultimately tiny breakdown (8)

4d

Left a large opening (6)

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5d

Decorated using two types of diamonds (4)

6d

Firm finished working with special vouchers (7)

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7d

Woman's almost deceptive orchid (5,7)

10d

Toy, loose-packed, given a shake, captivates one (12)

13d

Exotic bird, like Winnie the Pooh (5,5)

15d

Noise from crow and parrot mother abandoned (3)

18d

Wet politician boards Scandinavian vessel (8)

20d

Start to hail very big girl: 'I adore you!' (7)

22d

Mexicans perhaps can split SE Asian country (7)

23d

Home Counties harbours smell cleaner (6)

26d

Traffic controller operating within Cheshire's borders (4)