Daily Mail Cryptic #16774

2022-02-16

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Across

1a

Inferior fighter returns blow (8)

5a

Tax relief is calculated to some extent (6)

9a

I feel bad boarding large boat that's defunct (8)

10a

Manage to grate Edam OK (4,2)

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12a

Ring five papers for old poet (4)

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13a

Confrontational aspect of good service in court (4,2,4)

15a

Deceive about final awkward chat (13)

19a

Insane Broadmoor tout means to travel by sea (8,5)

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23a

Unintentional stress on a line I’d introduced (10)

25a

Arab leader features in the Mirror (4)

28a

Hang around Loire, somehow putting in time (6)

29a

Exciting time playing a fiddle with Yankee (5,3)

30a

Demisemiquaver's start and finish (6)

31a

Kitchen gadget, say, strange item in possession of Greek (3,5)

Down

1d

Good acting wins a couple of litres? More than twice that (6)

2d

Muslim lawman's plain clothes (5)

3d

Count in fact loses heart (4)

4d

Tropical root idiot kept in sparkling wine (7)

6d

Insect maturing and going off primarily (5)

7d

Rebuild a vehicle ultimately for knight (9)

8d

Ladies maybe noticed daughter's unfinished detail (5,3)

11d

A uniform part of South America (4)

14d

Join forces gathering data (4)

15d

Religious Q&A schematic after Reformation (9)

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16d

Pit bottom (3)

17d

Odd characters abandon tax rates for creative activities (4)

18d

Inappropriately named 'cold ales' brewed (2,6)

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20d

British leave border strip for bowling (4)

21d

Import each number in China (7)

22d

Perhaps collect Republican settler outside (6)

24d

Doctor's going round, say, grounds (5)

26d

Woman politely married first man (5)

27d

Scheme 16 (4)