Daily Mail Cryptic #17602

2025-04-22

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Across

6a

Nerdy creatures upset senior civil servant (14)

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9a

Like revolutionary period for man (6)

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10a

Most excited to enter drive to find insect (4,4)

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11a

First person backed cunning plan with extremely erudite worker (8)

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13a

Most recent conservationists protecting sheep (6)

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15a

Frugality? This is obscured by division (6)

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17a

Shed tears away from work and back out (3,3)

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19a

Engage type shortly in a British book (6)

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20a

Engineer altering key? (8)

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22a

Musical symbol of a Celt possibly covering line (4,4)

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24a

One's first desire to pocket pound? That's wise (6)

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26a

Pat's persisting improperly in commercial exploitation? (5,9)

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Down

1d

Defer indefinitely reconstruction of this lab (not plum) (3,2,9)

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2d

Advantage found in calculated generosity (4)

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3d

Eccentric type accommodated in Cyprus (6)

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4d

One spending time inside? (8)

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5d

Tiny bit describing the first half of the alphabet? (4)

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7d

Caught sight of English leader on pitch in reconstituted side (6)

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8d

They mark the establishment of a majority? (5,2,7)

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12d

Slow passage accepted by regular golfers (5)

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14d

Terrible row over no good and unjust act (5)

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16d

One telling moral tales for all to see in superb catalogue (8)

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18d

Be at variance if Fred is misbehaving (6)

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21d

Companies picked up soldiers (6)

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23d

Females heading off showing sign of things to come (4)

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25d

Gently put down liberal support (4)

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