Daily Mail Cryptic #17451

2024-09-23

Solve on Daily Mail →

Across

1a

Trio miss ruse sadly to get cosmetic preparations (12)

flowerflowerflower
8a

Turn to put in order characteristic of surplus food? (7)

Generating...
9a

Doubter from southern church getting tense in film (7)

Generating...
11a

Spell in charge leading a liberal magazine (10)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Female opera singer keen for a comeback (4)

Generating...
14a

Special city with financial debts? It's seemingly plausible (8)

Generating...
16a

AGM? It's manipulated, sign of shame (6)

flowerflowerflower
17a

Bob is given leading drink (3)

Generating...
19a

Start to bolster connections in flashes (6)

Generating...
21a

Crowing sort has painting, say, behind TV presenter Melvyn (8)

Generating...
24a

Some Cypriot arguing a tiny amount (4)

Generating...
25a

Staff and children beside wild trees in English city (10)

Generating...
27a

Confidence before middle of week in administrator (7)

Generating...
28a

Observe comic with four points (7)

Generating...
29a

A hard request disrupted nerve centre (12)

flowerflowerflower

Down

1d

Tennis star once more playing with ball going astray (7)

Generating...
2d

At home pair have correct signs within a short time (2,3,5)

Generating...
3d

Penning note, doctor intuits hearing condition (8)

Generating...
4d

Artist with degree snubbed mischievous person (6)

Generating...
5d

Students at intervals getting fatty stuff (4)

Generating...
6d

Rex got upset about container in a crumbling state (7)

Generating...
7d

Obtuser pupil misread how one describes some properties? (7,5)

flowerflowerflower
10d

Describe the nature of erratic chase going wrong (12)

flowerflowerflower
13d

Large insect gets to exist let out in part of a process (4,6)

Generating...
15d

Reserve transport given a designated lane from the south (3)

Generating...
18d

Pressure on aircrew mobilised for commercial competition (5,3)

Generating...
20d

Encroach in front of tourists being uncivilised (7)

Generating...
22d

Naive engineer later on ship (7)

Generating...
23d

Rich cake in entrance associated with a university (6)

flowerflowerflower
26d

Shortly examine horse breeding site (4)

Generating...