Independent Cryptic #11192

2022-08-26

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Across

1a

Clandestine group limiting City resistance (6)

5a

Consoling comment about reservists retreating in field of operations (7)

10a

Military leader receiving island tribute in the form of oil (5)

11a

Infantryman reading about return of engineers (9)

12a

Understand United? Go on with you! (3,7)

13a

Search is going between France and Hungary (4)

15a

Europeans seen around college balls (6)

16a

More than one star is seen in stream, frolicking (8)

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18a

Second foot he’s twisted, following a type of tap-dancing (4-4)

21a

Minister looking OK at this hole? (6)

24a

Right-angled shape blocking curved shape? That’s a setback (4)

25a

Wacky SF caper - cast adrift losing a second starship (10)

27a

Unequalled iron plane crashed (9)

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28a

See you stop investing in gold (5)

29a

Spelling out exhortation to save, perhaps on a continual basis? (7)

30a

Criminal charge backed: achieved, though not foremost in line-up (6)

Down

2d

Reputation surrounds churchman turning up in district of Liverpool (7)

3d

A recount’s ordered before vote’s conclusion? She’ll give the story (10)

4d

Tense tussles, with loss of fine hosiery (6)

5d

Mythological figure seen in doctoral submissions around university (7)

6d

Style revealed in electronic computer network (4)

7d

Capital - is Liberal in it upset? (7)

8d

Planet’s core seeing drop in hydrogen (5)

9d

Small chance city’s not willing to welcome influential man (4,4)

14d

Historic transport requiring arrangement of 15 locks (5,5)

16d

Cut in tax expected (3)

17d

Sort of cross evident in insignificant hybrid creature (8)

19d

Father had looked serious (7)

20d

Musical work’s about right, absorbing that man, a classical musician (7)

22d

Marine creature loses water when soaring round sailor (7)

23d

School student recording difficult journey (6)

24d

Overindulgence for one writer, on reflection (5)

26d

Spirited English publication is kept up (4)