Independent Cryptic #11020

2022-02-07

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Across

1a

Squeezing party into lobby (8,5)

8a

Book in P.O. Box for corporation (3-5)

9a

Shareholders' meeting about opening in Europe is revealing prejudice (6)

10a

Room to manoeuvre in plan to control leak - on the contrary (6)

11a

Not the first coppers to take on American style (8)

12a

Was Boris ignoring some court order (4)

13a

Show contempt with barely legal breaking rules, Downing Street initially ignores (10)

16a

Model and I see sharp part of a soldier's defence? (6,4)

19a

Up to work (4)

20a

With no energy at all, somehow become ace at vault (8)

23a

Regularly touring act - he's busy (6)

24a

Perhaps Sturgeon's entertaining in conclusion (6)

25a

Drew attention away from excited daughter wrapping present (8)

26a

Number Ten okay about charlatanism (13)

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Down

1d

Demeanour of experts circulating mails to support admission of guilt for covering up deception (15)

2d

Bowler moving lower, looking up 10 across (5,4)

3d

Climbing mountains outside of Yorkshire, 500 spread out (7)

4d

Confusing her with my poem (5)

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5d

Clearing voyeur, essentially for suggestive look (4,3)

6d

Cabbage-moth's eating up last letter (5)

7d

Lost cycling getting to grips with rules - in China it depends on where you live (8,7)

14d

Caesar's so poorly, we hear (3)

15d

Become less dense and almost go to university at Cambridge finally (9)

17d

Craft content to leave crabber throwing line out at the end (7)

18d

Work on guilt after doctor visits (5,2)

21d

Budget supermarket left out Brussels for so long (5)

22d

Spot bishop's promotional copy (5)