Daily Mail Cryptic #16871

2022-07-01

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Across

1a

V&A cut decorative drapery (7)

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5a

Compliment what priest does on his knees, so I hear (6)

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9a

Sort of laic nut - or plain nut (7)

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10a

Female group leaders left out of former Dutch units (7)

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11a

Remains when hot (3)

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12a

After renovation, he's lucky to retain a single plant (11)

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13a

Tailless crow and a rook finally do what frogs do (5)

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14a

Snooty types accept ridiculously dear compromises (5,4)

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16a

One part of speech delivered in lush riparian location (9)

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17a

Man in pub toppling over, even after this treatment? (5)

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19a

Blunt, for one, baled out shabbily, having stolen info (6,5)

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22a

What archaeologists do deep in ground primarily (3)

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23a

A fake journalist’s remorseful (7)

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24a

Mate very nearly inspires a song and dance (7)

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26a

Clubs keep avoiding one Greek islander (6)

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27a

Plant small daggers in U.S. city (7)

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Down

1d

Convert vital carbon with oxygen, generating current (7)

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2d

Working on clever hunch, OU introduced meal ticket (8,7)

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3d

Final score (3)

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4d

Former jailbird's age? About 90 (2,3)

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5d

How to carry child's money box with cents put in for notes (9)

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6d

More than half of audience dances and cheers (5)

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7d

Look who's just come in to talk about Dickens! (5,2,3,5)

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8d

Tessa's new property (6)

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One puts up prices for walker (5)

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14d

Leaves forest after midnight for place of refreshment (3,6)

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15d

Rue heading off wading bird (5)

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16d

Artist set up tyre (6)

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18d

Dubliner's exclamation upset Roger in airline (7)

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20d

Fifty-one miles to reach Italian border (5)

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21d

Eject slippery type pinching 10p (5)

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25d

Where researchers collaborate to some extent (3)

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