Independent Cryptic #11210

2022-09-16

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Across

1a

I, among most at work, will be a committed union member (10)

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6a

One behaving contemptibly towards a daughter (4)

9a

Demolish inlet’s dam after storm (9)

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10a

Cry of joy, embracing willing lover (5)

11a

Platoons, say, some of best in USA, retreating (5)

12a

Independent? Independent participating in belly dancing, unforgettably (9)

13a

Obscurity not observed in radio broadcast (4)

14a

Refined sources of metal extremely well! (8,2)

18a

Chatter linked to predicament with target of pest control? (6,4)

20a

Run one? (4)

22a

Very busy, but ready to dispatch preserved goods? (3-6)

24a

Fruit? Seems to have lost first two (5)

25a

Sound of chains, cold and drooping (5)

26a

Transmissible disease? College head bearing identifying mark (9)

27a

Possibly eighth in cricket team in English city (4)

28a

Small group of people taken aback about country transport (6,4)

Down

1d

Doctor, calculating type, around one part of year (9)

2d

Unpleasant films: one held up places of debauchery (7)

3d

Quantity of wine? Chat with son involves litre (5)

4d

Demonstration about court case kept short for senior woman (9)

5d

Pace and power in germ (5)

7d

Collected edition upset second writer (American) (7)

8d

Medic, year upon year, accepting student in formal style (5)

10d

Mostly keep quiet in depression (6)

15d

State idea on reforming Scotland as before (9)

16d

Still getting plea for help about new Government services (9)

17d

One Judge probing journalist’s criminal act (6)

19d

Fail quickly, overlooking original grandiloquence (7)

21d

Account about one pub that’s served up American coffee (7)

22d

Biblical character penning a chapter identifying Biblical character (5)

23d

Gives up thrilling stimulants (5)

24d

Running behind after pressure in horse race (5)