Daily Mail Cryptic #17794

2026-01-16

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1a

One bag I fancy for garden plant (7)

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5a

Gets on groups of executives (6)

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9a

Carry on in a French department out of work? (7)

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10a

Leaders of vanguard emerging in unstable reign communicated again (7)

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11a

Model to take an examination (3)

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12a

One leading crusade bore charter for reform (11)

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13a

Woman working in quiet area (5)

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14a

I lit brake malfunctioning in motorcycle (5,4)

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16a

Meal with water ruined copper utensils? (9)

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17a

Sound of a stable resident? (5)

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19a

Secret clique? It needs to be dismantled (11)

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22a

Excellent month for objective (3)

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23a

Convulsion in part of series (7)

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24a

Hurtful excerpt from a magazine? (7)

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26a

Mature journalist to cover start of rally? That's definite (6)

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27a

Temporary authorities, say, probing tenants' fees (7)

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Down

1d

Bachelor is sure after crashing to get injuries (7)

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2d

Suffer deprivation, for instance, in front of ghetto? That's to be obvious (2,7,6)

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3d

Badger seen in barn again (3)

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4d

Warning shortly about source of disease in tree (5)

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5d

Number of deliveries recorded in a population? (9)

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6d

Corner in mess with time gone (5)

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7d

Visitor in cafe I'd suspect for variety (15)

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8d

Turn off in middle of duet? That's incorrect (6)

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12d

Search among straw, lastly (5)

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14d

Leave behind mix of cans in fashion (9)

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15d

Sudden thrust in winter sport around November (5)

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16d

Way of working on deck at sea subject to derision (6)

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18d

Chef Ken has long time for tributes (7)

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20d

Drive over single small flying device (5)

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21d

Suffer in curfew? Not half! (5)

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25d

Label is strange with odd bits missing (3)

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