Daily Mail Cryptic #16806

2022-04-01

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Across

1a

Spots complaint (7)

5a

Careless agent keeps trim (6)

9a

Clean three foreign articles (7)

10a

They bend cable or string at first (7)

11a

Observe bishop's office (3)

12a

Train an elephant to carry howdah finally - it deters pests (11)

13a

Surrender profit (5)

14a

No sunbeds designed with feature turned up (4,5)

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16a

Favourite yachts need rebuilding? This won't be enough! (5,4)

17a

Shakespeare's twin instrument (5)

19a

Inspirational leader who lights the way ahead (11)

22a

Assistance varied here and there (3)

23a

Lunatic trains a wife of Russian emperor (7)

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24a

Left by one firm's grand entrance (7)

26a

Annoyed, by the sound of it, having reached summit (6)

27a

What deaf people do to understand one pair in front (3,4)

Down

1d

This writer's scoffing cooked meals and old wine (7)

2d

Amateur needs Mac to be programmed for gaming site (9,6)

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3d

Call up without one youth (3)

4d

Bring over components to flog (5)

5d

One who readily gives a kiss perhaps? (4,5)

6d

A theatre with a circle mounted musical work (5)

7d

Raise status of craft one's put into drink (15)

8d

Get up when about to finish (6)

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12d

Children's character's funny in New York (5)

14d

Worker in theatre gets a different present (9)

15d

Resistance level raised? No way (5)

16d

Murphy's old rubbish thrown in river (6)

18d

Robot's operating system (7)

20d

Jerk, one opening white wine (5)

21d

Drive back priest involved in part of film (5)

25d

Epitaph generates tear (3)