Independent Cryptic #10949

2021-11-15

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Across

1a

Your English bourbons lack our all round superiority (8)

5a

On ABBA's tour, oddly, Bjorn's first to imbibe (6)

10a

Fossil fuel finally found in most of the German state (5)

11a

Doctor protects a witness (9)

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12a

One pulls defender over, then it's hard to cross (7,2)

13a

Where Rugby Union needs to go to make it break out is silly (5)

14a

Petition against becoming judge - it's funny to some (2-4)

15a

Kind of chip in fossil I conserved (7)

18a

As nice cycling as taking runs to begin with (7)

20a

New shelter, essentially, in case it's bright (6)

22a

Drone getting to grips with reasonably hot air (5)

24a

Try clever style of writing for introduction (9)

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25a

Disappointment as magician's debut is defined by assorted bad quips (4,5)

26a

The man visiting pub returned here to dry out (5)

27a

Incite school rebellion (6)

28a

Celebrity magazine dismissing mother in revealing daydream (8)

Down

1d

Cuts reversed, overshadowing Republican movement (6)

2d

Whistler's Mother couldn't exist without them to lubricate Father in discontented times (3,6)

3d

It helps to set the mood in country, perhaps, with history (10,5)

4d

A little red setter almost eating Oscar award (7)

6d

Train badly broken - dread not starting - is this a way to solve the problem? (2,5,3,5)

7d

Known about eccentric (5)

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8d

Singer, but for one vocal inflection (8)

9d

Copies cancelled over Persian king, once (6)

16d

College students abandon dance supporting Hawaii's state capital (9)

17d

Robinson Crusoe was once this unsuccessful (6-2)

19d

Vacuous celebrity advertising American island (6)

20d

Project acquiring lead price comparison website (7)

21d

Weak model beefed up secretly (6)

23d

Last bit of Kubrick film about politician is neat (5)