Daily Mail Cryptic #17785

2026-01-05

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Across

1a

Son's posy gear out of place in cheap cafes (6,6)

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8a

Rex and Des too when in a mess found place to rest (7)

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9a

A fool in instant beginning to undermine deified spirit (7)

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11a

Cricket team I witnessed at play (4,6)

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12a

Man's fibs regularly unaltered (2,2)

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14a

Temporary facilities? (8)

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16a

Symbol familiar to Berliners? (6)

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17a

Artist with husband getting cheer of encouragement (3)

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19a

Follows four points about university finance, lastly (6)

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21a

Taints spell out after getting agitated (8)

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24a

Certain valuable stuff? Not half! (4)

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25a

Fellow left in extremes of curiosity about a clerical position (10)

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27a

Summarise series by academic about women (3,4)

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28a

Leave a musical group with backing number (7)

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29a

Gene, yes, I note, struggles to become accustomed to conditions? (3,4,3,2)

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Down

1d

Less decent person selling small household goods, we hear (7)

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2d

Engineer traced exit and got out of difficulty? (10)

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3d

Team with party emptied other part of a building (4,4)

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4d

Singer Donna's popular period for holiday (6)

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5d

Possesses academic robes with no end of frilling (4)

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6d

A tan has transformed female (7)

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7d

One with popular appeal nervously lowers red cap (5,7)

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10d

Tiny fussing possibly about article not up to scratch? (12)

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13d

Combine line in a publication with a friend (10)

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15d

Work to captivate a retiree (3)

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18d

Hotel apt to move flat surface for cooking (8)

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20d

Odd group rejecting European line of goods (7)

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22d

Listened to song before racket (5,2)

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23d

Alter set of clothes (6)

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26d

Single Nordic capital with sun to the fore (4)

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