Independent Cryptic #11093

2022-05-03

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Across

1a

Girl apparently shot for smuggling in a tortoise (8)

5a

Legendary queen titillates the royal guards (6)

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9a

Colonel participating in riot waving Republican flag in Washington (8)

10a

Tense settler in a confused state (6)

11a

Gloomy judge incarcerates Liberal (5)

12a

Riflemen sick after catching a bug (4,5)

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14a

Organised French artist's retrospective? About time (6)

16a

A queen forbidding son's passions (7)

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19a

Happy to include copper as a member of the periodic table (7)

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21a

Space hero Rogers encounters alien vessel (6)

23a

Returned register provided by gun controller (9)

25a

Old-fashioned leggings worn by upper-class family (5)

26a

Damage caused by one married couple (6)

27a

The rabble may take sick leave for vacation (8)

28a

Candied root eaten by beery NGOs (6)

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29a

Stalemate reached by 2 in 11 25A 25D (8)

Down

1d

Retired speculator close to becoming a millionaire (6)

2d

City built from rocks during the French period mostly (9)

3d

Poland agreed to import new wine (5)

4d

Looked online for worklooked long and hard (7)

6d

Erratic cop gets involved with sadism (9)

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7d

25A Harry erected as home for Navaho? (5)

8d

Fodder ultimately for the old grey donkey (3,5)

13d

Pioneering programmer needs a lawyer (3)

15d

Demanding fish dish with oatmeal to start with (9)

17d

Different from a French book that's changed hands (7,2)

18d

Write off wreckage in Timor Sea (8)

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20d

Elusive creature? One not seen thus far (3)

21d

Guy undressed outside shower (7)

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22d

Old instrument about to be given to former Yardbird (6)

24d

Small aquarium fish very quietly scoffed by cat (5)

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25d

The man had to fix Alfa Romeo for American actress (5)