Daily Mail Cryptic #17829

2026-03-06

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1a

Group after return in hold-up (7)

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5a

Agree to work behind firm with money (6)

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9a

Prisoner put in foul rural settlement (7)

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10a

Involve some swimmers enthusiastically (7)

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11a

Chap starts to demand extra services (3)

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12a

Fellow among some left at ground has to release pent-up energy (3,3,5)

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13a

Very long time in sides of priory for garden plant (5)

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14a

Banger for buying in Berlin? (9)

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16a

Exercise by Henry and Leo represented sign of exploratory work? (9)

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17a

Grades files (5)

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19a

Son pretends to break down those answering surveys (11)

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22a

Proscribe group taking diamonds (3)

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23a

Lab gear out of place for type of mathematics (7)

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24a

Film with unusually cool flute-like instrument (7)

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26a

Condition by director declared (6)

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27a

Male or female learner in Germany, for example (7)

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Down

1d

Slowly accumulated bread? (5,2)

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2d

Select cop I fancy above faculty gets aid for shooting (10,5)

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3d

Woman and man regularly seen (3)

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4d

Ken somehow left marginalised was a supplicant? (5)

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5d

Richard, maybe, has to look towards coastal feature (5,4)

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6d

Uses gestures on boards? (5)

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7d

Titles given greater prominence? (5,5,5)

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8d

Allow hairstyle with appeal (6)

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12d

Faithful ally possibly defending leader in office (5)

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14d

Terribly bad bar on front in Devon to get high-speed access (9)

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15d

Something pointed, first to last, in parts of a speech (5)

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16d

Hold up largely discourteous sort of actor in university city (6)

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18d

Yes, Ron's wrongly characterising perception? (7)

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20d

Area of influence kept by actor, bitterly (5)

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21d

Panel broken in mountainous country (5)

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25d

Trick in competition (to avoid challenge) (3)

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