Independent Cryptic #11224

2022-10-03

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Across

1a

Military policeman’s discussion about east Washington area (6)

5a

Hated sailor worked on plot to nick expensive car (8)

9a

Seabird heading away from rear of boat (4)

10a

De Quincey, say, by his own admission, concocted mere Utopia (5-5)

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11a

A new chapter penned by unassuming boy (3-5)

13a

Waste disposal expert hurried to take in business meeting (6)

14a

Movement of foot initiating exercises? That’s plain (6)

16a

Being fond of sex, say, could make nuts ache (8)

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18a

Republican’s second to bellow about First Lady being easily visible? (3-5)

20a

Problem with photography in wine centre? (3-3)

21a

Shells old section, but fighter escapes (6)

23a

Record reduction in action by mass parasite (8)

25a

Cities laid out on a utopian scale (10)

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27a

Political associate’s plan - back to front (4)

28a

Principle is to accommodate blokes in housing (8)

29a

Moderate frequently behind introduction of socialism (6)

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Down

2d

Soldier on line captured in lament with style (9)

3d

Sceptic clearly heartless and not quite nice (5)

4d

Guarantee concert is ending in Satie (7)

5d

Sporting superstar landed, losing time (3)

6d

Displaying heroic style in full? Not in full (7)

7d

Defensive about curtailed debatewitty character seeing Conservative off (9)

8d

Approve turning up after drug treatment (5)

12d

Garment more like culottes than kilt? (7)

15d

Thieving large amount of money brought about fine expression of anger (9)

17d

Book probing tragedy, I fancy, finding location of railway tragedy (3,6)

19d

Small trace, say, I picked up on waistcoat (7)

20d

Makes new arrangement of recording in store displays? (7)

22d

Dickens character uncultured after receiving introduction to Gradgrind (5)

24d

Quayside question cut short by bark (5)

26d

Sum? Unofficial salesman offloads third (3)