Independent Cryptic #11119

2022-06-02

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Across

1a

Rope fibre from lasso cut and spun, catching setter (5)

4a

Talk to me about the Queen's storage unit (9)

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9a

Aggrandise Sri Lanka, say, after a brief spell of cricket (9)

10a

Go out, laugh, take drugs (5)

11a

He delivers knitwear and mohair caps within fashionable Italian city (7)

12a

Sea captain's birds leaving rents or small holes (7)

13a

Exhausted corgi carried by son/heir (5)

14a

Conservative policy is heralded by the commencement of secret plot (9)

16a

Lithe cats dancing, running and jumping, etc. (9)

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18a

Beginning to loosen, being surrounded by pink noise (5)

19a

Nick spoiled the Countdown finale? (4-3)

21a

Mating the desired outcome of this assignment given to whistleblower? (7)

23a

Teddy's here, alongside the tops of ironed new blankets (2,3)

24a

It's repetitious nowadays - perhaps one has to be given time (9)

25a

Six-footer, 50, wearing 21D with style (9)

26a

At last, dessert, in a city in Australia - it's a beer (5)

Down

1d

Pastor meekly suppresses outburst (5)

2d

That woman will try to find out what's in Molly Malone's wheelbarrow (9)

3d

One standing at the end of a mast, swinging lantern-case around (4,3)

4d

Chewed, green rind - a watermelon rind? (5)

5d

Chopping leeks? Loads - you'll find them in the cupboard (9)

6d

Like a man's overheard secret (7)

7d

A piece of Baronet Rothschild's upside-down cake (5)

8d

Strange footnote: 'Tree from which this produce is derived' (4,5)

13d

The antithesis of fast food in France, maybe accompanied by relish (5-4)

14d

Scrape piece of rock to make screw (9)

15d

I finally strongarm Italian suspect into sucking a dummy (9)

17d

They introduce old radio plays (7)

18d

Programme that's about peas, and about what's in the middle of whistles (7)

20d

Yarn created by following expert (5)

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21d

Lament life's end, and the end of masterly, welcoming supporter (5)

22d

Each scrumper thrown out of garden given lines? (5)