Daily Mail Cryptic #17181

2023-09-08

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1a

Pretend to utter a number? (3,4)

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5a

Wetland in Berkshire town (6)

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9a

Abandoned provided drink with sun gone (5,2)

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10a

Disclosed place for patients away from a place? (7)

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11a

Central characters in port keeping a paddling device (3)

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12a

Kerb scarily designed for some in the building trade (11)

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13a

Manner adopted by testy leader (5)

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14a

Tell a far-fetched story, for example, about secure area with Royal Navy (4,1,4)

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16a

Allow little margin of time with order to a butcher about meat? (3,2,4)

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17a

Wild dale with river and tree with tiny cones (5)

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19a

Regularly occurring time for theatregoers to drink? (2,9)

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22a

Vagrant missing ordinary cooking appliance (3)

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23a

Shortly cook hot stuff, a layered pastry dessert (7)

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24a

Habitually take part in indoor game in shape for the most part (2,2,3)

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26a

Note in prophetic types contemptuous looks (6)

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27a

African country is beside island surrounded by shoaling fish (7)

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Down

1d

Learner in the past on small reef-bound areas of water (7)

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2d

Picket, nervy sort when agitated, is extremely destitute (7,8)

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3d

Longing by Jean on a regular basis (3)

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4d

Top religious instruction in Mediterranean island (5)

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5d

Accumulate capital quietly with first signs of incredibly lucrative enterprise (9)

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6d

Some host I admired in Italian port (5)

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7d

Adversary fights to change unpopular periods to work? (9,6)

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8d

Number team raised for an inventor (6)

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12d

Bishop has break in French city (5)

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14d

Drivers use these and lose grip on Greek island, reportedly (4,5)

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15d

Artist in a book beginning to showcase speedy horses (5)

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16d

Irritable religious teacher restricted in confines of chaplaincy (6)

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18d

Woman in loose garment starts to raise the arms (7)

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20d

Poke fun at rear of decrepit facility (5)

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21d

A Republican understood jargon (5)

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25d

Bring up leading charged particle (3)

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