Daily Mail Cryptic #16726

2021-12-10

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Across

1a

Request expert to store nitrogen with suspicion (7)

5a

Smart way of operating aerial (6)

9a

Son posed indecently crossing shore finally, in these? (7)

10a

Subtly shaded pest is lacking red at the end (7)

11a

Secular woman does without diamonds (3)

12a

Exercise is technical - it’s to do with getting fit (11)

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13a

Evade nasty duel with European (5)

14a

President and Queen, say, play this to win? (5,4)

16a

Lottie's entangled with me, standing under this? (9)

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17a

Deep in the deep (5)

19a

Litigant demands this otologist's diagnosis of client? (4,7)

22a

Officer's saddle (3)

23a

The Parisian retains old Greek climber's support (7)

24a

Disappointment that's deflating (3,4)

26a

Foreign enemy holds unknown biochemical (6)

27a

Traveller left during exploit to drive back (7)

Down

1d

A bishop loves complicated pardon (7)

2d

Advice to footballer to avoid a yellow card and calm down? (4,4,5,2)

3d

Raise fellow's indication of assent (3)

4d

Stand for artist when slicing fish (5)

5d

Eats cumin, crushed, as accompaniment for lamb (4,5)

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6d

Butcher hated killing (5)

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7d

Subsidiary group of swimmers get taught here (9,6)

8d

Not having leader, got less brought out (6)

12d

It contains fish caught on some film (5)

14d

Chat about initially cutting four identical notes (4,1,4)

15d

Accident - priest called (5)

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16d

Dull scarf, bottom missing (6)

18d

Is it described as golden because the French invaded? (7)

20d

Dangerous, like almost all of the apes (5)

21d

Indolent type, like Bette with no 25 (5)

25d

Cover big one containing sawdust typically (3)