Daily Mail Cryptic #16894

2022-08-03

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Across

1a

Somebody in Hollywood shoots sailor (4,4)

5a

Told to lie in sun in close-fitting bodice (6)

9a

Line up on time for display in Badminton (8)

10a

Amateur oddly like fighter in compound (6)

12a

Parrot that follows delta (4)

13a

Forger boycotts old wives' tale, so I hear (10)

15a

Check flower's second appearance (13)

19a

Large injection in damaged disc felt fine, applied by me (4,9)

23a

Hot couscous mixed with pressure and some trickery (5,5)

25a

More than one round fossil, second half missing (4)

28a

Yank operating flame-thrower? (6)

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29a

Illegal tunnel here and there getting gruesome (8)

30a

Left a box Liberal abandoned not long ago (6)

31a

Doctor replies with a framework for training (8)

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Down

1d

Farmer initially has more unusual hay perhaps (6)

2d

Shelter chief doctor once (5)

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3d

Son has broken frame with glass (4)

4d

Sweet aromatic plant's last to disappear (7)

6d

Book range (5)

7d

Subjected to restrictions, passed exams (9)

8d

Revealing moment: northbound tube has nearly reached city (8)

11d

Briefly frighten Mark (4)

14d

Female judge welcomed in two Pacific islands (4)

15d

Disinclined to rave about clue solved on time (9)

16d

It’s designed to bore everyone, some might say (3)

17d

Book performers (4)

18d

Plant shop transposed into rocky dale (8)

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20d

Sell game that's hung upside down (4)

21d

Region in South America's promoting current lizards (7)

22d

Fan maybe exhibiting less enthusiasm (6)

24d

Lots of swimmers in area of shallow water (5)

26d

Religious leader's civilian dress (5)

27d

Long story of small range (4)

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