Independent Cryptic #10872

2021-08-17

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Across

1a

Young female writer before detox essentially wasted (8)

5a

Study follows boring old writer (6)

10a

Mad idiot picked up a jerk (7)

11a

Promise breaking taxman (7)

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12a

Inventor lacking edge retrospectively (6)

13a

Leave coat beside Irish lake (8)

15a

Anorak wearer possibly teaches at Hogwarts (12)

19a

Global traveller detained by more insignificant society lawmongers (12)

22a

Worried ram tails one crying 'wolf!' (8)

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24a

Masses of text describing conflict (6)

26a

Adopts appropriate child (5,2)

27a

Date an Italian chef regularly (7)

28a

Communist spy's early flight (3-3)

29a

Became less fooled when son replaced first daughter (8)

Down

1d

Picked up plant expected to produce fungus (6)

2d

Legal representative's brief coordination interrupted by senior investigator (6)

3d

Serve into, or tip out, fragrant mixture (9)

4d

Some vegan ice-cream is quite pleasant (4)

6d

Drive off revolting social outcast (5)

7d

Offends underworld boss with emotional outbursts (8)

8d

Arctic underground line (8)

9d

Mathematical indicator of negative balance perhaps (5,4)

14d

I'm getting round America on board stock car (9)

16d

A news room broadcast for lady athletes (9)

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17d

Southern dish for pepper (8)

18d

Changed course after Ascot extremely harshly criticised (8)

20d

Place where men go when river floods home (6)

21d

Get high through exotic dances (6)

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23d

Sexy smelling like a Tesla owner? (5)

25d

Attraction of up and coming protégée (4)