Independent Cryptic #11145

2022-07-02

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Across

8a

Female pro in sci-fi classic struggle (6)

9a

Last word associated with clever subject (8)

10a

See you love following spies overseas (4)

11a

Unanimated, sad relative (6,4)

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12a

Cut back, catching horse by a curved path (8)

13a

Where cast is perhaps not in touch (2,4)

15a

Effusive, your current name finally put forward (7)

17a

Ragamuffin essentially suppressing tact (7)

20a

Heavyweight filling in expert without delay (2,4)

22a

Old Nixon's a criminal -- at least Blair and Clinton are these (8)

24a

Dismantles stars in play? (5,5)

26a

Gains by Labour picked up in ballot boxes (4)

27a

Damn bad weather heading for Iraq from a Gulf state (8)

28a

Sexy Posh perhaps wearing Sporty's or Scary's clothing (6)

Down

1d

Impression, not good, full of mostly rubbish ability to produce desired results (8)

2d

Company allowance should cover close to ceremony (10)

3d

Substitute in centre of goal, jumping up, scored in time (1,5)

4d

Original form of tyre containing carbon (7)

5d

Food shop cutting unusually fine pasta (8)

6d

Goddess having gravitas, on and off (4)

7d

A girl left cracking info on 50s hairstyle? (6)

14d

Marshal urged fire power up-front, having thought ahead? (10)

16d

A prayer made in moonwalk, maybe over lunar seas (3,5)

18d

My sons possibly absorbing extremely nerdy contents of thesauri? (8)

19d

Broke wind by military bigwig (7)

21d

Odious type interminably dominating servant without exception (2,1,3)

23d

Blunt heads of overseas bank taking on employment (6)

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25d

Weird mineral reduced in mass (4)