Daily Mail Cryptic #16769

2022-02-09

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Across

1a

Pest lives in shade (8)

5a

Fraud involves dealing with funny comic (6)

9a

Hard-working man goes after one top that's withdrawn (8)

10a

Joined team (6)

12a

Overdue coffee's temperature dropped (4)

13a

Purcell has managed to become sombre (10)

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15a

Topic for discussion: 'Nearly all citizens count' (7,6)

19a

Engineer in Leeds seeing power suppliers (6,7)

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23a

Order to mechanic: 'Drill this seam to find fuel' (3,7)

25a

One of the Shetlands is not all rented (4)

28a

It's exciting entering river in either direction (3,3)

29a

Pilot in trouble is maintaining constant struggle for power (8)

30a

Jaundiced people in pain may do this (6)

31a

Lawman is furious about king's unenlightened period (4,4)

Down

1d

Game up in Tyneside is swelling (6)

2d

One allowed navy to enter bay (5)

3d

Marine plant left within range (4)

4d

Allow one CD to be played in church (7)

6d

Like cornets, cold, less than outstanding (5)

7d

Tiniest reforms suppressing monarch's complaint (9)

8d

Picked up fruit trees, intrusive types (8)

11d

Place to keep new boat (4)

14d

Instrument’s round, broken in odd places (4)

15d

Cleaner foolishly let loose with whiskey (5,4)

16d

Regularly chains container (3)

17d

Spots expert touring north (4)

18d

Cultivated idolatry with skill (8)

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20d

Old Parisian street raised money (4)

21d

Canal boat beginning to disappear in choppy lagoon (7)

22d

Count screens occasionally with South American (6)

24d

Operator conceals source of poet’s inspiration (5)

26d

Launch support for broken arm (5)

27d

Second small arachnid (4)