Daily Mail Cryptic #16778

2022-02-22

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Across

6a

Bank finally stopping finance firm's trickery (6,8)

9a

Priest and monk retaining special part of blood (6)

10a

Try Cecil's new three-wheeler (8)

11a

Medicinal solution can remedy temperature internally (8)

13a

A superior stream's sort of brown (6)

15a

Charge Arab engaged in quarrel (6)

17a

Cuts out stable sections (6)

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19a

Very big victim that catches fish (6)

20a

Woman wears pants unexpectedly (8)

22a

Caviare distributed around grand minister's house (8)

24a

Absent-minded son getting spiteful (6)

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26a

Avoid directly answering British IQ test, huge one, complicated (3,3,8)

Down

1d

Long tract - illness meant it should be edited (5,9)

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2d

Responsibility, and where ours lies (4)

3d

Familiar feeling exotic jade's getting very posh (4,2)

4d

Having high hopes, artist paints fancy boxes (8)

5d

Lovelorn messenger's sin (4)

7d

Chef's covering pound (6)

8d

Dignified ref inspects leg after treatment (4,10)

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12d

Helper's CV showing lack of energy (5)

14d

Erect a large chunk of wood (5)

16d

Does it attract stick insects? (8)

18d

Old boyfriend's taken over heart of church office (6)

21d

Help string player beginning to go off (6)

23d

Vocalist? Get her to leave completely (4)

25d

Cutting a police force (4)

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