Across
26a
Illegal betting for Yankees game: book opening (7,7)
6d
Toronto icon is unable to flush out a debtor (2,5)
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A charade of C[a]N’T (‘is unable’) minus the A (‘to flush out a’) plus OWER (‘debtor’), for the Canadian attraction .
Former England wicketkeeper who’s seen at the top of the order (5)
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The wicketkeeper is Matt Prior, and the ‘order’ is a priory. It took quite a bit of digging to get that one.
Fool will not work to include lyric (9)
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An envelope (‘to include’) of ODE (‘lyric’) in WON’T (‘will not’) plus OP (‘work’).
High Court Judge’s dictum reportedly recognised Johnny and Zoe’s statements? (3,5,6)
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The ‘court’ is for tennis, and ‘high’ for the chair umpire’s – judge’s – elevated position. Johnny Ball and Zoë Ball are both television personalities, and NEW sounds like (‘reportedly’) KNEW (‘recognised’), and PLEASE sounds like PLEAS (‘statements’).
Small engine used to pull buggy (4)
Old #1 in Telegraph punches local Independent compiler pdq (2,2,4)
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An envelope (‘punches’) of O (‘old’) plus T (‘#1 in T elegraph’) in INN (‘local’) plus I (‘Independent’) plus ME (‘compiler’ of this crossword).
A bureaucrat, in part panjandrum – and a ringleader (8)
What helps to produce portrait if eyewitnesses can recall (1-3)
Feature of Carry On Nurse, pricking our Bernie’s nose comically with needle (6,8)
Getting reaction a bit wrong, passport is in front of general (9)
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A charade of O (‘a bit’ – binary) plus X (‘wrong’) plus ID (‘passport’) plus ‘is in’ plus G (‘front of G eneral’).
Insert cosmetic (5)
Screening thirds, this examiner does lines from Sonnets (7)
See 1
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Is pinching more than just a dram (4)
Milestones in MCC (6,9)
Dress carried to the North East (6)
Pest got savvy (6)
Sort of girl chosen for manipulating defection (8,3,5)
See 5
As subtraction turns out, peculiarly (4,1,10)
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Definition and literal interpretation.
Intensely dislikes supporting theatre shows (10)
House-buyer may want these scams unattributable to rockers? (3,3,4)
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Definition and literal interpretation, playing on the 1950s-1960s British youth subcultures of mods and rockers.
16d
Go down, as many will with strike at end of lane (4,4,8)
See 15
Leading actor passing round tips from great experience? (6)
Mark very particularly chopping cabbage up in one go (2,4)
In rising, painfully winged archer (4)
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