Daily Mail Cryptic #17681

2025-08-11

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1a

Curt comedian when broadcast describing unjust laws? (12)

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8a

Optimistic candidate likely to succeed? (7)

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9a

Naughty kid in turbulent pool and river in Africa (7)

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11a

Handle shown in a way? (6,4)

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12a

Leader of rebels has support for invasion (4)

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14a

Island centre's renovated privately (2,6)

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16a

Recent demo upset group of sailors (6)

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17a

Cheer of approval is hasty with second gone (3)

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19a

Catch parent in an agitated state (6)

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21a

Star close to stage in fancy garb is musician (8)

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24a

Glimpse English agent (4)

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25a

Flier in court contrived open dig (4,6)

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27a

Got a blow almost moving thing to keep pliers etc. (7)

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28a

Features of football in lines topping pages? (7)

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29a

Give a view, for example, by single southern bishop, maybe (3,4,5)

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Down

1d

They judge varied premiums losing money (7)

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2d

Fateful doc dressed in heavy garment (6,4)

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3d

Have a bogus complaint? (8)

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4d

Line in section of newspaper (6)

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5d

Objectives shown in excellent manuscript (4)

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6d

Cut off first person with such poor timekeeping? (7)

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7d

Engineer tests machine getting severe criticism (12)

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10d

Stock quality? (12)

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13d

Make difficult lot nice camp somehow with no end of recreation (10)

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15d

Flap about a burglary in part (3)

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18d

Director in hot Arab vessel is suffering (8)

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20d

Starchy pudding I love cold among a lot of Spanish dishes (7)

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22d

Go before pair with energy and give way (7)

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23d

Longed to alter small computing device (6)

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26d

Section in one, broad Spanish river (4)

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