Daily Mail Cryptic #17432

2024-08-27

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Across

6a

Piece in art a VIP replaced, being ungrateful? (14)

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9a

Draw attention to manner of speaking (6)

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10a

Infectious feature of cricket? (8)

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11a

Deeply moved to receive Oscar, director is put in position for action? (8)

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13a

Children's author has three points leading piece (6)

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15a

Seek to avoid detection in entry to room flanked by sofa (6)

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17a

Nervously goes round a reef, finally; hazard for sailors? (3,3)

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19a

Mind old boy with Charlie boarding plane (6)

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20a

African citizen sadly in a rage about source of locusts (8)

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22a

Fantastic plot in U.S. typical of an undeveloped landscape? (8)

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24a

Bawdy couple of thespians entering year for review (6)

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26a

First sign of gangs in e.g. standard war represented being on bad terms (2,7,5)

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Down

1d

Check ten in a bit mobilised as group of unofficial advisers (7,7)

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2d

Edible fish from Alaska put in confines of house (4)

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3d

Patchy location on borders of Turkey (6)

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4d

Turn out cadets in interval (8)

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5d

With last of blood removed, get rid of painful sensation (4)

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7d

Source of unrest in key party getting outdated currency (6)

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8d

Victor at a close in Cheam possibly has thing to dispense small items (7,7)

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12d

Unrestrained element found in Waterloo, separately (5)

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14d

In this way, footballing body meets resistance up to now (2,3)

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16d

Barbed section in excerpts from newspapers (8)

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18d

Write in a different way about a restaurant employee (6)

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21d

Selfish journalist wearing neutral colour (6)

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23d

Thing to carry babies is present in the morning (4)

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25d

By the sound of it, travelled by bike in street (4)

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