Daily Mail Cryptic #17241

2023-12-01

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1a

Aide got exotic plant with showy flowers (7)

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5a

Tempt second journalist with deceptive cue (6)

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9a

Fay and Abel cooked an aromatic herb (3,4)

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10a

A French lady's partner grabs refined ointment (7)

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11a

Political activist Tariq in Indonesian island without book (3)

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12a

Each toddler after treatment is lacking feeling? (4,7)

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13a

A hard look principally in stunning female artist (5)

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14a

Extra payment producing almost certain accusation (9)

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16a

Finish lastly having disposed of contents in ideal fashion (9)

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17a

Brief light left in rough game (5)

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19a

Old boy soon possibly accepting fellow as shrewd person (7,4)

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22a

A lot in Kent town missing bridge (3)

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23a

Notice chink on return and start to examine trickle (7)

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24a

Piece of advice favoured by tense composer (7)

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26a

Method without a blemish for actress Jane (6)

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27a

Device linked to a computer, right, kept by dramatist (7)

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Down

1d

Fail to respond and leave pounds in hands of lender (2,5)

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2d

Rightly debar boy for a mix-up and blatant overcharging (8,7)

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3d

Connection in Asian language for an audience (3)

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4d

A week following middle of July is terrible (5)

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5d

They lour sadly after latest sign of showers and wind (9)

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6d

Follow master with a set of teachings (5)

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7d

Large box and reel shifted on road in Wearside town (7,2,6)

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8d

Des got surprisingly heavy food (6)

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12d

Precinct around a cathedral is nearby (5)

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14d

A poet's OK after trouble about first sign of scansion, as it were (2,2,5)

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15d

German philosopher set to support extremists in Hesse (5)

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16d

Discipline in push for reform (6)

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18d

Silent Republican admitting two points in Irish province (7)

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20d

Racket around area facing a woman (5)

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21d

Leading conservationists engaged in ordinary work (2,3)

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25d

Alexander's father half ignored Greek character (3)

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