Independent Cryptic #11122

2022-06-06

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Across

1a

Light clobber found in clothes shop, once (3,4)

5a

Glimpses Gilead occasionally - ultimately men traffic the handmaids (7)

9a

Knowing someone like you for starters (3)

10a

To sound welcoming speaker's keen to run over opening greeting (4,7)

11a

This writer is joining gathering of great minds without a base - tremendous (7)

13a

Tackle criminal before con starts (4,1,2)

14a

Eccentric to suggest smooth surface for bridge? (4,5)

16a

Strong beer (5)

17a

Armstrong's gear contained this - cycling crazily, wheeziness essentially disappearing (5)

18a

Flexible resort hotels to entertain one with massage on vacation (9)

20a

Queen on cover of magazine - Kate's not quite member of mob (7)

21a

What's yelled while chasing one with a brush is - to some extent - brutally honest (5-2)

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23a

Bad-tempered after I upset Rod Hull & Emu (3-8)

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24a

Runner rejecting no-frills Nike trainers at last (3)

25a

Attempt something risky and Merman's impaled by stingray's tail (3,2,2)

26a

Active police unit kettling a large number heading west (7)

Down

1d

For this writer, main point is describing perverted compulsions (6,9)

2d

Throw backward (3)

3d

Element of legalese, perhaps Judge eschewed (5)

4d

Saw car going into lead (7)

5d

American detective in Oxford possibly having something to chew on (7)

6d

Social climber Carrie's endless struggle to hide Boris's temperament, conclusively (9)

7d

Confusing to my logical study of global warming etc (11)

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8d

Leo, say, in big-cat shed with fine for British zoo in a state of disrepair (4,2,3,6)

12d

Group of motorists entering race next to power plant, creating drama of sorts (7,4)

15d

Sportsperson's habit to monitor clubs, for example (9)

18d

Left, in France and Germany, have disappointment (7)

19d

Educated solicitor dropping round with wine (7)

22d

One Dalek's returning, exterminating characters - it's loaded (5)

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24d

Sounds like considerable problem (3)