Independent Cryptic #10972

2021-12-11

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Across

7a

Half-cut politicians in high places (4)

8a

Noted movie shot in urban location (10)

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10a

Fruit that could be square (7)

12a

Prerequisite for walking evident in non-verbal ancestors (7)

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13a

Discharge university dons beginning to expect time off (10)

15a

Family business (4)

17a

Married man eats lunch noisily? (5)

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18a

What current working involves? (3)

19a

Craft succeeded in seconds (5)

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20a

Sexual advances defile graduate (4)

21a

Miserable birds making awful noise (4,6)

25a

Explicit sex possibly involves president (7)

26a

Start to fatten cattle stocks? (7)

28a

Poorly represent ignorant character (10)

29a

Inferior schooling excludes child (4)

Down

1d

Means of securing important raw material (6)

2d

Threesome breaking novice's heart (4)

3d

Sticky situation leads to increased tension (4-2)

4d

Intractable objections raised and brought forth (8)

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5d

Named one treated like a god bored by religious work (10)

6d

Predicts sound of what cuckoo clock has (8)

9d

Base returning some deliveries (4)

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11d

Assumes Republican power divides America repeatedly (6)

14d

What brings a lump to men's throats? (5,5)

16d

False promises disheartened party supporting European Union (6)

17d

PC still to admit superior officer's correct to go to press? (4-4)

18d

Our silly broadcast is misleading (8)

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22d

Decadent English party receives fine (6)

23d

Struggle continues with external support (6)

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24d

See 27 Down

27d
24d

(and 24 Down) Report people voting for socialist order (4,4)