Daily Mail Cryptic #16861

2022-06-17

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Across

1a

Where journalists work, in theory (2,5)

5a

Genuinely concerned with colleague (6)

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9a

Purist, nervous about radical, bursts in (7)

10a

Distance, say, a cart travels in reverse (7)

11a

An attempt in the past (3)

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12a

Like most speakers, an oil mogul managed to retain name (11)

13a

Abraham's son is caught stealing two articles (5)

14a

Harry and Charlie look displeased about old coin (4,5)

16a

Articulate part of speech beside church (9)

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17a

Occasionally view revolutionary Daily Planet (5)

19a

Hard worker and keen builder of dams (5,6)

22a

Label gun the wrong way round (3)

23a

They support band over occupying raised ground (7)

24a

Offensive old Mike breaks racket (7)

26a

Whalebone’s been compressing a lady’s top (6)

27a

Take care of group’s ideas and attitudes (4,3)

Down

1d

Baltic city in centre of booming Japanese art form (7)

2d

Eccentric parson on a grant tours Spain? He's not welcome (7,3,5)

3d

Religious leader reduced drink (3)

4d

Product of spruce son held in check (5)

5d

Member of top family reportedly wasted shade (5,4)

6d

Professional wearing a new protective garment (5)

7d

Old alliance condemned as too unfeeling about America (6,2,7)

8d

Magician's bird of prey (6)

12d

Red-blooded chairman tours Switzerland (5)

14d

He rang about boy's parasites (7,2)

15d

Shelter in bay before start of race (5)

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16d

After odd bits of prose attempt verse (6)

18d

Separate place housing FBI agents (7)

20d

To bring up artist is easy at first (5)

21d

We’ve no medicine that absorbs poison (5)

25d

Bar's trendy name (3)