Independent Cryptic #10869

2021-08-13

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Across

1a

Peculiar dictionary is unreliable - head for Chambers (13)

9a

Prince with severe expression covering front of curious old coin (4-5)

10a

Hand round recipe that’s original (5)

11a

King, for one, blocking distasteful pope (7)

12a

Article to say rather too much about one’s pain (7)

14a

Person overseas, seeing abdication of Queen, is to say more (9)

16a

Father engaging in kinky sex? I don’t want that in my inbox (4)

19a

City prominent in history or knowledge (4)

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20a

People observing toilet in New York city not unknown (9)

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22a

To say more in French is, after a touch of Spanish, most regrettable (7)

23a

Cheers after Pole is getting job in cafe (7)

24a

Fellow shows agitation, losing women’s cutlery (5)

26a

To win only subsequently leads to optimism seen in an individual (2,3,4)

27a

Awkward customers restrict canal, milling around (13)

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Down

1d

Irritable idler wandering around ruined temple (3-8)

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2d

Rudimentary measure of grain not complete (8)

3d

Men in foul conditions in newspaper article (5)

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4d

Navy getting new cut in fuel, greater than any previous? (9)

5d

Official replacing top of substantial shelter (6)

6d

Three stripped - feature of Glastonbury? (3)

7d

Disadvantage to hear a song (5)

8d

Take to court, involving one embracing mostly violent activity (8)

13d

One million continue accepting one saint’s beliefs (11)

15d

Excellent to beset castle I supplied with soldiers, having stronger reason (1,8)

17d

Wine, one inspiring line about tiger? (8)

18d

Lines in sonnet? There’s support for us in folio note (8)

21d

Being aboard very large boat (6)

22d

Designation of fighter plane brought in to fly until now (2,3)

23d

Beer half-heartedly provided for nipper (5)

25d

Some theatre clearly is place for play (3)

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