Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

1 Umpteen from a Berlin menu (11)

9 News of Italian returning before bell sounds (7)

10 Groan about music producer (5)

11 Disgusting bird, it’s said (4)

12 They offer protection from French crooked dealers (8) 14 Kate’s chopped up post (5) 15

Avoid having awful duel with European leader (5)

Greek hero gets top sportsmen round incline (8)

Moan about Middle Eastern country (4) Sway, as small bird’s limb (5) Dictators bellow when imprisoned in awful sty (7)

Easy target, not standing for score of nought (7,4)

DOWN

2 Bound to change for sure (2,5)

3 Part of the arm grabbed by powerful nation (4)

Festival when diner scoffs last of eggs? (6)

Chiefly describing the highest? (5,3) Reason to have record, I see (5) Rod’s employees (5) Architect’s sound bite (5) Channel brightness due to heavenly access (8)

Boy’s small car, medic brought round (7)

Fail, as false pleas (5)

Unit of force of small weight in inert gas (6)

Mustang’s tail covering worry (5) One in Panama, perhaps, acquiring one Caribbean country (5)

British plug and nail (4) 20

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