Independent Cryptic #11031

2022-02-19

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Across

1a

Possibly Priti Patel, one notably heartless government representative (15)

9a

Conservative Brexiteer, one making cuts (7)

10a

Charm possessed by us, after hair recedes (7)

11a

Male desiring sex in 24 hours, then 8,760 (5)

12a

See red drop of alcohol's still taken quickly (8)

14a

Crossing States, cutting through path one's left (9)

16a

Mathematician's logarithmic base rule broken (5)

17a

Character caught by musket hospitalised (5)

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19a

Recorded volume of car wheel with caution (9)

21a

Issues with rabble-rousing delaying leader (8)

24a

Old King Lear's first to show guts (5)

26a

Cold and hot dish in take-away outlet (7)

27a

The thing eaten by most of carp or other fish (7)

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28a

Wild cheering met Man U's weak capitulation in Europe (6,9)

Down

1d

Leader with the respect due to me? (10)

2d

Kind of complex skill star almost elevated (7)

3d

Voguish French writer's by southern Scottish city (9)

4d

What comes from Iris's topless dancing style (5)

5d

Stared at Rodriguez after close shave, it's said (9)

6d

Conveyances able to return (5)

7d

Mexican lake-dweller too lax to swim on lake (7)

8d

One of the tips of Yuletide long ago (4)

13d

During plague, libertine gives sign of easing up (5,5)

15d

Propose new packaging area, with a staple for the box (4,5)

16d

Husband has green bouquet crossing big road (9)

18d

Mole maybe with aspiration to be a ruler once (7)

20d

Foul, unacceptable TV channel (7)

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22d

What's discussed in work penned by jerk (5)

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23d

Perhaps one's going to darn filthy place (5)

25d

Fleece coats from the south (4)