Daily Mail Cryptic #16886

2022-07-22

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Across

1a

Films about a ball for chairman's supporters (7)

5a

Rock graduate accompanying old sailor (6)

9a

Source of fruit or beet (7)

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10a

Junior solver no good with ruler (7)

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11a

Group of people investing European money (3)

12a

Reconstructed dykes guarding vegetable rose rapidly (11)

13a

Find first of three people (5)

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14a

Target working women with time for grant (9)

16a

What decorators do with entire exam (9)

17a

Timber supplier's helping in local derby (5)

19a

Dan and Rex dance in a line, a long one (11)

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22a

Person with practice over in Washington (3)

23a

Search for and find sentry (7)

24a

After talk, regularly revalue vineyard (7)

26a

Not just dark? (6)

27a

Counter service limits mail briefly (7)

Down

1d

Milton tormented with love 'bathed in a lunar glow' (7)

2d

Very seldom chop onion with a melon cube (4,2,1,4,4)

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3d

The main southeastern area (3)

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4d

Regrettably lady's misguided (5)

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5d

I'm amazed to have come first before the German whizz kid (3,6)

6d

Some risk unknown American mammal (5)

7d

Frivolity that makes one feel faint (5,10)

8d

Praise direct moves (6)

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12d

Rest piano under special shelter (5)

14d

One hurries former detective breaking into safe (9)

15d

Avoiding horse, we have to swerve (5)

16d

Feeble, like some publications, by the sound of it (6)

18d

One leaves society dealing with cryptic clues (7)

20d

Perfume supplied by a capital, as it's known locally (5)

21d

Suffer terrible ruin touring clubs (5)

25d

Vertical peak, or part of it (3)