Daily Mail Cryptic #16772

2022-02-14

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Across

1a

Young Parisian woman produced white wine I imported (12)

8a

Ms Williams is said to be more composed (7)

9a

Submit chopped-up cucumbers with no hesitation (7)

11a

Girl finished scoreless session at Lord's (6,4)

12a

Rise hot and feeling unwell (4)

14a

Dog and cat seize old part of formal dress (8)

16a

Confine popular diver (6)

17a

Fool makes up gags primarily (3)

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19a

M9 northwards at entrance to Stirling creates muddles (3,3)

21a

Reported social reformer's drink (8)

24a

Times suppresses soldiers' wrongful act (4)

25a

Inscrutable and solemn holding King and Queen (5,5)

27a

Companies enlist unknown doctor and old dandy (7)

28a

Become attached to a cold Greek island (7)

29a

Train insured flyer not needing manual? (4,8)

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Down

1d

Principal island stores right 21 (7)

2d

Brown cow at first flees, avoiding English fool's headgear (6,4)

3d

Josephine chops tough grass plant used in cooking (8)

4d

Popular favourite's turned up part of shoe (6)

5d

Lacking time, instruct every one (4)

6d

Solve clue that is about new amino acid (7)

7d

Doctor Tom maps a city showing no sign of disease (12)

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10d

Unbiased legislature's healthy choice of food (8,4)

13d

Somehow trace end if connected (10)

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15d

Remove bottom from underground barrel (3)

18d

Produce some DNA with speed (8)

20d

Persian king retains old copies (7)

22d

Woman’s enthralled by racy novel 'Sport of Toxophilites' (7)

23d

One steals old books collected by royal couple (6)

26d

Number favour removing bible (4)