Daily Mail Cryptic #16826

2022-04-29

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Across

1a

Sweet boxer protects daughters at home (7)

5a

Discourage priest going with posh aristocrat (3,3)

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9a

It picks up signals from colonist woman heading west (7)

10a

Songbird showing yellow talon out of shape (7)

11a

Tree has collapsed (3)

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12a

Visit NY site under reconstruction, showing tact (11)

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13a

Axes rotten elm, revealing its tissue (5)

14a

Knotty problem underlying playground’s shape (9)

16a

Daring old American to follow a Conservative in car (9)

17a

Croat trained theatre worker (5)

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19a

Battered biplane user can't be beaten (11)

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22a

He follows queen to start of Mall (3)

23a

Unruly conversation about love’s essentially nice (7)

24a

1 Across, one in a pot, stirred roughly (7)

26a

In Paris, second person secures directions of vessels (6)

27a

Plug in these crude earphones (7)

Down

1d

Aim to surround hectare with cross body of troops (7)

2d

Arrange teams scheduled to control current tree problem (5,3,7)

3d

Trendy name for local (3)

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4d

Beam protects a cereal (5)

5d

Monarch's sons hold old victor in areas away from cities (9)

6d

African's tailored suit impressing Tory leader (5)

7d

Where to refuel, like rush-hour train commuters? (7,8)

8d

Head of zoo in Yemen misused protein perhaps (6)

12d

Shrub French writer pulled up (5)

14d

Newfangled RAC's OK for top carriers (4,5)

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15d

Bowl over a puzzling feature of Hampton Court (5)

16d

A part for each one (6)

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18d

Rave about a politician out of control (7)

20d

Paved area perhaps used in anticipation (5)

21d

Bishop has to put up with church blunder (5)

25d

Sort of green turf that's cut (3)