CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 16,753
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ACROSS
6 Marshal contradicts king adopting Arab incentives (6,3,5)
9 Seedy soprano cheated, winning gold (6)
10 Two flyers appearing on hotel’s garden feature (8)
11 Obscure English drunkard approaching Morecambe (8)
13 Manservant still left
with monarch (6)
15 Badger, leveret briefly, and donkey (6)
17 I’d help organised for sanctuary in Greece (6)
19 Preoccupy busy bosses (6)
20 Fragment of blood cell dead in decomposed pelt (8)
22 Distressed sea dog in
Californian port (3,5)
24 Lift rocks, extremely
heavy and dirty (6)
26 Executive notice cleric’s lost energy at a quarter past four (14)
DOWN
1 Some men may move thus, affecting everyone (6,3,5)
2 Jab Republican in
school (4)
3 Pulverise duke
invading state (6)
4 It’s delightful abroad, working with the French (8)
5 Go nuts heading
north (4)
7 Group from Sweden emptied crafty monk’s office (6)
8 Dazzling spinner when I played with Alec there (9,5)
12 Crisp winter season
to some extent (5)
14 Tent peg secures record (5)
16 Mystic’s managed to comfort European, influencing all the body (8)
18 Pull out leading batter (6)
21 Fight a couple of fellows with laser perhaps (6)
23 Welshman’s
platform (4)
25 Lifted ring that’s set down (4)
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