Independent Cryptic #11035

2022-02-24

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Across

1a

Politician allegedly partying in underwear? (7)

5a

Overact before noon in greeting sheepish mate? (3,2,2)

9a

Buddhist collection is just great when used 15 (5)

10a

Society to suspend rail travelling in ideal place (7-2)

11a

Enquire too intrusively, holding obvious pose, leaning (10)

12a

Some abstemious luminaries in Number Ten? Hardly! (4)

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14a

Mushroom en croûte is splattered round 24 6 perhaps (11)

18a

Student traitor? Country needs one for a minister dismissed (6,5)

21a

Met leader, having to leave early: another 1 Across? (4)

22a

SEALs experience narrow escape from danger (5,5)

25a

Male doctor within hearing two-faced? Three! (9)

26a

Daggers bishop plunged into old priest (5)

27a

Extremely disorderly and disagreeable house (7)

28a

Disloyalty Tories' principal motivation (7)

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Down

1d

Old carpenter's record breaking banter? (6)

2d

The Endlessly Good Cooked Snack (3,3)

3d

One such as eats mice potentially? (7,3)

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4d

Warm and comfortable homes: scores around south (5)

5d

Resort makes old man better, hospital after time admitted (6,3)

6d

See 24 Down

7d

Some born together: Eliot, Eliot and Eliot? (8)

8d

Drug dealer sending unknown ale drinkers up to pub (8)

13d

Class this month one impossible to change (3,2,5)

15d

Characters from Rye thus observed in Argyle? (9)

16d

Raw joint serious hack divides (8)

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17d

Denomination one in argument against procedure (1-7)

19d

Are they people who speak for Dorothy Leigh? (6)

20d

Rule to include singular advice for 1 Across? (6)

23d

Scottish League One? Team's First Division (5)

24d
6d

(and 6 Down) MP backing 1 Acrossmore eggs thrown (4-4)