Independent Cryptic #11076

2022-04-13

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Across

1a

Glum, the (eventual) result of not spitting feathers? (4,2,3,5)

10a

Small piece of land in narrow strip of water, north to south (5)

11a

Spectator and Times support the Queen (9)

12a

Ponder rejecting big fan of Enigmatic Variations' introductions (7)

13a

A group of Marines that helps you stay afloat? (7)

14a

Keep quiet about husband of salty individual showing laziness (5)

16a

Most of planet worried by Sweden's floods (9)

19a

Is son restricted by awful rejection? (9)

20a

Has once pinched the backside of Little Ted? (5)

22a

Source of nutrition you nearly left by overturned barrel (4,3)

25a

Course of treatment, say, taken by miner in a bad way (7)

27a

Backwards-looking study describing duke gone over again (9)

28a

Swimmer staggers as if drunk when taking clothes off (5)

29a

Broadcast for every boring responsible student becoming tense (7,7)

Down

2d

Plain clothes police essentially ignorant (9)

3d

Blatantly regressive concealing of birth (5)

4d

Group of people of high rank? No thanks (9)

5d

Coffee seller changing taps for Lily (5)

6d

Solemn music from dreary Cambridgeshire town (4,5)

7d

Eccles getting help upon rejection in the papers, perhaps (5)

8d

Australian longs for progress (7)

9d

Threads about plugging Boris Johnson's statements? (6)

15d

Ethanol is abused in a bit of cold weather (9)

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17d

Ability to withstand hardship shown by European scratching head in daze (9)

18d

I cut arm at training, which is distressing (9)

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19d

I'd party with abandon in short excursion (3,4)

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21d

Poor country abandoned by Austria (6)

23d

Drunk on just under two pints (5)

24d

Greek characters leaving French wine for trainee (5)

26d

Mess up foxtrot turn (2,3)

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