Daily Mail Cryptic #16819

2022-04-20

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Across

1a

Swoop on sleazy bar and come a cropper (4,4)

5a

Snub engineers accompanying expert (6)

9a

Father inspires top-class judge? Beyond question (4,4)

10a

Hands on a Hebridean island (6)

12a

Old PM's English study (4)

13a

Their mum’s troubled about a joint complaint (10)

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15a

Gathering together around a Greek inferno (13)

19a

Golfing nerves unsettled sovereign (4,9)

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23a

Top-drawer sixth form? (5,5)

25a

Group of four Dubliners pick this up in Pakistan (4)

28a

Ample individual backs posh Grand Hotel (6)

29a

It's just horrendous not having a leader (8)

30a

Crops earnings (6)

31a

Tacky notice concerning books he brought in (8)

Down

1d

Runs finally secured cricket trophy (6)

2d

Church caretaker doesn't finish border (5)

3d

Bailiff, dismissing trouble, causes strike (4)

4d

Top officer repaired alarms around hospital (7)

6d

More run at Lord's (5)

7d

Reliable French individual's excellent in cast (9)

8d

Scrap female garment in tatters (8)

11d

Rare wildebeest raised level (4)

14d

Lift arms to get cosy (4)

15d

U.S. mobile, one taken out of crumpled cellophane (9)

16d

Cut short paper up (3)

17d

A brief ruler's similar (4)

18d

Cleverly carved statue on banks of Liffey (8)

20d

Very old officer's unit (4)

21d

Cancel unruly diners, about 100 (7)

22d

Front of stage in the dark? Obviously not (6)

24d

Bitter fellow's left firm (5)

26d

Ransack Winchester maybe (5)

27d

Female nurses love for trainer perhaps (4)