Independent Cryptic #10840

2021-07-10

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Across

9a

Graduate attired in leather brewed drink (6,3)

10a
17d

(and 17 Down) Band destroying great many commercial vehicles? (5,3,5)

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11a

North American company importing hot snack (5)

12a

Under pressure to answer, perhaps immediately? (2,3,4)

13a

Connected to ground seen within near the dyke (7)

14a

Check on heartbeat (7)

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16a

Offered labourer's first hammer (5)

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18a
7d

(and 7 Down) Watch display by pioneering German band (3,8)

19a

Queen once given kiss as appropriate (5)

21a

Sharp cross from Metatron say in holy books returned (7)

22a

Poet hired assassin to follow wife (7)

24a

Plunder so arranged shows radiance (9)

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26a

Backed Irish setter producing big blue shiner (5)

27a

Hillage finally opening show (5)

28a

Rolled second piano through wrong entrance (9)

Down

1d

Green 10 husband shoved into cask by composer (8)

2d

Fabulous bird with little German getting round shopkeeper (6)

3d

Dashing local hero docked in vacated Levantine port (2,8)

4d

Gloucestershire town where Tudors settled (6)

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5d

Show embarrassment about paintings being traded away? (8)

6d

Onset unnoticed in non-specific health problem (4)

7d

See 18 Across

8d

Claimant legally keeping sleeveless cloak (6)

15d

Up with mountain soldier on an ascent in lift (10)

17d

See 10 Across

18d

Watchers finding nothing acceptable among hooligans (8)

20d

Times cryptic hotline offers 'rock within rock' (8)

21d

Flower attached to tail of giant guinea pig (6)

22d

City wasn't prepared for revolution (6)

23d

Grub shown in periodical taken (6)

25d

Line suggesting Stead might become depressed? (4)