Daily Mail Cryptic #17218

2023-10-31

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Across

6a

A cosy stretch in the wild around here essentially for wading birds (14)

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9a

Singer Percy's winter transport (6)

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10a

Victor in charge bearing poor coal with name typical of fiery terrain? (8)

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11a

Sword with a curved blade? I scram nervously having held it (8)

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13a

Group from the East with Edward given a challenge? (6)

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15a

Taint actually after swapping America for Spain (6)

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17a

Firm managed to entertain northern novelist Shirley (6)

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19a

Get back, for example, in wet weather (6)

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20a

Engineer was chary in curved structures (8)

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22a

Military officer blimey with friend detaining soldiers (8)

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24a

Cleans clothing worn by surgeons (6)

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26a

Tip to chess players, perhaps, to be street wise? (4,1,4,2,3)

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Down

1d

Novice lot uncle trained as a band, maybe (10,4)

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2d

American journalist describing some cars? (4)

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3d

Feted novel about a military loss (6)

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4d

Argument about note left in woman's shoe (8)

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5d

Flightless bird found in another headland (4)

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7d

Dance about excitedly with tipsy actor around middle of Savoy (6)

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8d

Show mild surprise with faulty wires by one area (5,2,7)

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12d

Rising aspiration about a fellow in criminal organisation (5)

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14d

Small mammal quiet about front of wood (5)

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16d

American disrupted a wide-screen film presentation (8)

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18d

Old man against much affection for Russian physiologist (6)

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21d

Swivelling wheel shown in broadcast, originally (6)

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23d

Additional note containing two points in benches in church (4)

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25d

Judge speed (4)

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