Daily Mail Cryptic #16785

2022-03-03

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Across

1a

Fly across hostile cape, arriving at cooperative state (11)

9a

With appearance of spring, say, he and I call out (7)

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10a

Reasonable US soldier visits my pub (7)

11a

Assistance varied occasionally (3)

12a

Shaft Greek character with cash, missing nothing (7)

13a

Probe seafarer (7)

14a

Met first of all in street (3)

15a

Police lock up boy with arrows (5)

17a

Facilitate large frame for painter (5)

18a

Note to and fro (5)

20a

Ring back about one shrub (5)

22a

Horse, one appearing in Times (3)

24a

Miss ice breaking up, having a huge impact (7)

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25a

Rebellious type in 1950s overcame prison, so I hear (7)

26a

Second person never stripped (3)

27a

Sacred place can and must change (7)

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28a

Agitated father felt terrible collecting uniform (7)

29a

Dismantle second wrecked lorry briefly on time (11)

Down

1d

Fine when camping, I’d trapped one, meaning no harm (4,11)

2d

Terse secular Tory is introduced (7)

3d

One's set place in Hebrides (5)

4d

Top award could make model glad (4,5)

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5d

Get ready to fence part of kitchen garden (2,5)

6d

Small bee infects skin badly - apply for this payment? (8,7)

7d

Arrests some Europeans, by the sound if it (6)

8d

More than one place on Russian river (6)

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16d

After explosion, complain about English officer (9)

18d

Think about one's ill-treatment (6)

19d

I ran into Mike outside, pretending to be someone else? (7)

21d

Dislike drilling around posh castle abroad (7)

23d

Rustic types join class now and then (6)

25d

Bridge opponents abandon advantage, revealing suit (5)