Independent Cryptic #11244

2022-10-26

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Across

1a

Help us with nothing to be fair (2-2)

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3a

Sit back after English airman captures German in a flap (10)

10a

Short feel, entertaining partner, is unprofessional (7)

11a

Gastropod found in American sausage, reportedly (7)

12a

Melting ice cap close to Finnish social gathering (7)

13a

Plastic factory covers island (6)

15a

Mark Field 'visiting' Truss and unloading: I'm outraged! (5)

16a

Dash to capture crippled flotillas, essentially, in battle (2,7)

18a

Male wearing fancy leotard's an artist (3,6)

21a

Hence, Greek character is found in Olympic city (5)

23a

Donated large and small hammers (6)

25a

Tries to collect quantity of food (not peppers, initially) for reptiles (7)

27a

Sloth starts to investigate new environs, requiring trees in abundance (7)

28a

Military leader from Iron Age rejected separately (7)

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29a

Gauge fight to restrict colonial worker beginning to expostulate for India (5,5)

30a

Source of misery is wailing female (she is wasted) (4)

Down

1d

Truss charged unit for holiday (10)

2d

Well-prepared speech about a new King Charles? (7)

4d

Old paper, The Guardian, welcomes Charlie the King (9)

5d

Seize file with 'Government' on the front (5)

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6d

Music producer trapped in Mondeo car in accident (7)

7d

Turkey and large cat walk over (7)

8d

She wrote about Adrian M getting fat (4)

9d

In tax haven, Truss embraces competition? On the contrary (6)

14d

Low speed, in case pal's struggling (6,4)

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17d

Orange car somehow suggests overconfidence (9)

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19d

Current treatment to prop up face and tongue (7)

20d

Accomplice's response to 'B: Good'? (7)

21d

Rescue flailing Truss (6)

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22d

Study with conclusion ignored contains flaw, leading to disease (7)

24d

Believe singer on the radio a lot (5)

26d

Compete with prospect (4)

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