Daily Mail Cryptic #16855

2022-06-09

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Across

1a

House trophies? They were needed during the night (11)

9a

Priest heads back in wind, arriving at ME lake (7)

10a

Ordinary article found in big house (7)

11a

I quit Ireland before (3)

12a

Ned gave ground, having exacted retribution (7)

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13a

Greek characters admit first of nasty wheezes (7)

14a

Nip toddler (3)

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15a

Flood river in part of NI (5)

17a

School managed to avoid old lakes up north (5)

18a

Left old ship slowly (5)

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20a

Exhausted writer gets in the way (5)

22a

Dull item supporting drink (3)

24a

Agree with artist - it's a fabulous cross (7)

25a

Bat against amateur judge, first to be dismissed (7)

26a

Regularly outrun pitcher perhaps (3)

27a

Report follows female's affair (7)

28a

Cast lie about being flexible (7)

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29a

Side arm's shaken thief badly (6,5)

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Down

1d

Saddle readers with loving couple's curios (10,5)

2d

Claimed De Gaulle changed when out of uniform (7)

3d

Class British browser picked up (5)

4d

Great respect shown by king always in Parisian church (9)

5d

Possess aim? This score suggests it's a bit off! (3,4)

6d

Group of MPs or peers misconstrue telecom items etc (6,9)

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7d

Shocked one overwhelmed by fumes, by the sound of it (6)

8d

Stories about poster indicating where some go (6)

16d

Offensive louts hang about (9)

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18d

Stripper disoriented copper coming in (6)

19d

Unnerve old woman supported by our group (7)

21d

They're beaten in a hole going north across motorway (7)

23d

Rare fish running round ditch (6)

25d

Type of jumper that could be plunging (1,4)