DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
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6 Gather setter’s sister is retaining old team, for example (10,4) 9 Criminal gaoled in his declining years (3,3) 10 Possibly lethal twister in far-flung parts of Canada? No (8) 11 Computer ID menus are encrypted (8) 13 Writer’s role is to communicate (6) 15 Change plug only (6) 17 Repeat number before arresting corporal maybe (6) 19 Greek character admitting tango is sign of disgrace (6) 20 Updated edition about France filled in (8) 22 Ordered arsenic, second of poisons, for plot (8) 24 Newbolt’s contract? (6) 26 Bittersweet? (5,9)
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1 Distribution of calcite scale is concerning clergy (14) 2 Fine green jumper (4) 3 Some have neglected rising in European city (6) 4 A classic way into complex transport industry (8) 5 Indefinite number packed into posh function, free (4) 7 Primarily Tchaikovsky and French composer are moving (6) 8 Immature, lacking contrast? (14) 12 Change judge during short period in office (5) 14 Print conclusive evidence (5) 16 March’s OK for displaying national emblem (8) 18 Interested in acquiring books? Entirely (2,4) 21 What secures end of deltoid in part of joint (6) 23 Love buttoning a collar (4) 25 Maybe chestnut tree, not wide (4)
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