Independent Cryptic #11138

2022-06-24

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Across

1a
27a

(and 27 Across) Meagre wages, later regularly accepted (6)

3a

Mostly longing to hug American after outrage about American region (11)

9a

Hesitation to enter 20, possibly, as a figure (7)

10a

Brief article giving common instruction to vet? (7)

11a

Legal society accepting support backed from the subcontinent (6)

12a

Beginning to acknowledge the iron is poorly wroughtnot an impressive figure (8)

14a

Metallic bullets flying around middle of week (5-4)

16a

Source of wool leggings initially adopted by priest (5)

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17a

Leading Australian tried to dodge rule (5)

18a

Carol getting behind family, bringing in energy, offering catharsis (9)

19a

Inquire about beginner I backed as a matter of urgency? (8)

21a

Clumsy person my son, brought back as a representative example (6)

24a

Turned on elements of company: “I’m unable to help” (2,3,2)

25a

Refuse to accept item only brought out for Christmas? (7)

26a

Brilliant priest getting loan - feel bitter about accepting that (11)

27a

See 1 Across

Down

1d

It delivers a point in various creative disciplines (6-9)

2d

Accused, after pinching book, is incapacitated (5)

3d

Power, including electric current, wasn’t good - delivered from a distance? (9)

4d

Power lines around area become dull (4)

5d

Fails to be seen around a new set in big city (3,7)

6d

Easy-going American left off one hot spice (5)

7d

We stage rigged primaries (9)

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8d

Display venue arranged in only art gala accommodating the French (8,7)

13d

Require Norse god to be found in confines of broken shrub (10)

15d

Detective leading men, finding parts of telescope (9)

16d

Beach racer? Woman bagging number eight from Germany (4-5)

20d

Material including note about filtration system? (5)

22d

Second-rate book catalogue (1-4)

23d

I had left, abandoning newspaper without function (4)