Independent Cryptic #11121

2022-06-04

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Across

1a

Play in main area behind bars? (5,7)

9a

Happy, say, having ended war finally? Not entirely (5)

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10a

Certainly not dear daughter with patchier vagrant (4,5)

11a

Gay bachelor abducted by aliens, surprisingly (7)

12a

Most of literary works getting advance publicity (7)

13a

Dramatist, current Scottish eminence, entertaining society (5)

15a

Inconvenience of ministerial department cutting wages? (9)

18a

Landing in urban area in Holland, according to Spooner (9)

20a

Spin about government - it has a point (5)

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21a

First of messages I'd sent off in Outlook (7)

23a

I'm going to breezy westward Adriatic region (7)

25a

Being too weary, oddly, to undo dog's clothing (9)

26a

Give a name to capital, one in the Middle East (5)

27a

Cutting around nutty tart selling like hot cakes (5-7)

Down

1d

Police arresting ill, sad criminal - did he take the silver? (9)

2d

English girls or French boys wear these (5)

3d

Frilly neckwear fashionable worn by a bruiser (7)

4d

Way of playing along with foolish nation (9)

5d

Polish up hide of neat? Maybe overzealous tanner did (5)

6d

Salvage edging around lace pants (7)

7d

Very comfortable partners with extremely lyrical song and dance (4-2-2)

8d

Fight half of Leonidas's forces? (4)

14d

Rebuff and rejections for reporter's short feature (4,4)

16d

Military unit ditching gallons, controlling waste discharge (9)

17d

Impression made by earl, with crazy hugging no good (9)

19d

Resin from wood, somewhat hard on top (7)

20d

Gathered in mansion before party (5,2)

21d

Philosopher's works (4)

22d

Ex-president wants man I'm not sure is more loyal (5)

24d

Teacher in nightspot turned up AC/DC (5)