Daily Mail Cryptic #17689

2025-08-21

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1a

Fantastic genius put in formal wear (7,4)

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9a

A place to watch sport in a wrecked state? (7)

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10a

Titled person put back single fried dish (7)

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11a

Exploit trick to bypass Republican (3)

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12a

Fellow I greet nervously is supplier of fruit (3,4)

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13a

Fuss in converted stables or pieces of grassland? (7)

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14a

Priest in faceless food store (3)

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15a

Slavic male picked up loot (5)

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17a

I'd set out features of the sea (5)

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18a

Old local official concerned with first woman (5)

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20a

Fury from park employee losing head (5)

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22a

Peculiar old coat for David (3)

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24a

Start to propose a month working for spectral figure (7)

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25a

Delicate networks for spinners? (7)

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26a

Sign found in castle, ordinarily (3)

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27a

Read out order authoritatively (7)

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28a

Makes a note of archives (7)

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29a

What one refusing banger might say? Zero! (3,1,7)

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Down

1d

Bird of prey is near crop feeling ground (9,6)

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2d

Grey option for one with gear? (7)

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3d

Excessive French article holding diamonds for all to see (5)

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4d

Burger men ordered in German city (9)

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5d

Vulgarian puts off painting, maybe (7)

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6d

Losing money, go out to meet brood represented as implausibly fine (3,4,2,2,4)

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7d

Trivial talk to get cake with syrup? (6)

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8d

Cold follows after European leaves official survey (6)

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16d

Head of college gentle or lacking in grace? (9)

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18d

Part of trap I'd surmise in risky area for kayakers? (6)

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19d

Competitor hurried inside makeshift tent (7)

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21d

Female with fancy brace touring city (7)

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23d

Stop sides warring on middle of pitch (6)

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25d

My enjoyment curtailed in Greek island (5)

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