Daily Mail Cryptic #16809

2022-04-06

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Across

1a

Lousy ref infuriated solver (8)

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5a

Twisted roots start to freeze to some extent (4,2)

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9a

Salt can't stand after drink spiked by student (8)

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10a

Revolutionary Irish singer somewhere in Venice (6)

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12a

Skills needed to remove odd features from tax rates (4)

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13a

Comedian's journey makes amusing drawings (5,5)

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15a

Shy ministers hide one old database? (6,7)

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19a

How, for instance, to bury old gun in river briefly (13)

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23a

Colourless fragrant substance enveloping church (10)

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25a

Stare at long clue now and then (4)

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28a

Highly decorated old sailors dined (6)

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29a

Wives, containing anger, sent back bathroom cleaner (4,4)

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30a

Stops priest abandoning competitions (6)

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31a

Gemstone could make them stay (8)

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Down

1d

Yankee names corrupt flunkey (3,3)

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2d

A bed in Paris in the dark (5)

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3d

Initially show off head office in part of London (4)

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4d

Doctor dwelt on disappointment (7)

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6d

Goes round scrapping rare death notices (5)

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7d

Cultivated CEO learnt patience (9)

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8d

Paved way for brief op that’s botched (8)

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11d

Quartz in copper covers another element (4)

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14d

Obscure line in Polish turned up (4)

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15d

Can a chef spread round last piece of meat? No way (3,6)

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16d

Censor joke (3)

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17d

Herb drops small piece of wood at Lord's (4)

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18d

Use this if apron needs mending by start of evening? (8)

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20d

Work with aluminium and stone (4)

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21d

Touring part of UK, Imam’s spreading belief (7)

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22d

Slug, or what's supposed to get rid of it (6)

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24d

Music group set up in concert etc occasionally (5)

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26d

Disney character’s endlessly good and extremely funny (5)

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27d

Shelter with poles, often temporary to some degree (4)

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