Daily Mail Cryptic #16835

2022-05-12

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Across

1a

Angry diminutive person defends special needlework (5,6)

9a

With the appearance of spring, he and I call after surgery (7)

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10a

Paint girl in Wonderland not quite suppressing yelp (7)

11a

Join daughter in commercial (3)

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12a

Identify revolting fungi provided by Yankee (7)

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13a

Range of listener at shore varied (7)

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14a

Flowering over in Truro in odd places (3)

15a

South American initially hates one Japanese dish (5)

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17a

Startle group of motorists heading west in southeast (5)

18a

Run male and female quarters (5)

20a

Copy poetic lines in middle of 'Hamlet' (5)

22a

Bath underground railway unfinished (3)

24a

What agitator does disorients purists (5,2)

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25a

Time when almost nobody starts to do any yawning? (7)

26a

Scraper scrubs front of footwear (3)

27a

Old ass knocked over Herb (7)

28a

We stick strange wooden items in Old Trafford ground (7)

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29a

Exploratory craft, small, formed from base copper (5,6)

Down

1d

Pieces of special value, cellos merit cost to be repaired (10,5)

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2d

Soldiers and children picked up plants (7)

3d

Climbing mountains, army finally spread out (5)

4d

Deal in diamonds, crossing west, exploiting this airstream? (5,4)

5d

Rooster ruffled other fighters in ring (7)

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6d

She's a left-hander, unsteady, showing apathy (4,11)

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7d

Trainer's bubbly Evian perhaps, by the sound of it (6)

8d

Second article about case of crafty cutter (6)

16d

English plan to block coastline signalling system (9)

18d

Herbalist's first posy's spoiled minty plant (6)

19d

Cosmetic mother used to cover a blemish (7)

21d

It's an issue of pride working in club with Oscar (4,3)

23d

Youthful hobby is derailed after book’s stolen (6)

25d

Name on jug's not as old (5)