Independent Cryptic #11249

2022-11-01

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Across

9a

Sailor prodded by Rear Admiral waving flag in battle (9)

10a

The sound of humming bird's call in verse form (5)

11a

The writer joins Jessica in 7 for a medley (7)

12a

Long-distance travellers, parsecs away (7)

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13a

One can't fly through the multiverse (3)

14a

African state without capital goes into negative profit sometimes (3,3,5)

17a

Finally upgraded craft association (5)

18a

Ready for trip to Transylvania and even parts of Algeria (3)

19a

Add excitement to long films having switched endings (5)

21a

Garden fly is flying around plant (5,6)

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23a

Desert area, say, without river (3)

25a

Former PM caught knocking prince out (7)

27a

What measures I encountered when diving into a foreign sea (7)

28a

A husband breaks vow in church state (5)

29a

Byzantine church feature with two heads (5,4)

Down

1d

Face complaint about major road block (6)

2d

One religious teacher keeled over after eating egg and cheese (8)

3d

Batteries available with promotion in Riviera resort (10)

4d

Stare at search engine when out of work (4)

5d

Mutant regent's nip is showing (10)

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6d

Aged hero oddly doing headstand to see the moon (4)

7d

Naughty Mexican casts adults-only flicks (6)

8d

Subtlety is introduced? That's a pest (8)

15d

Anglo-Irish Duke or Welsh Duke? (10)

16d

Training of son matters for 11 (10)

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17d

Girl at function in charge of lots of stars (8)

20d

Formation of concepts in countryside at Iona (8)

22d

Dancer strangled debt collector with abandon (6)

24d

See 26 Down

26d
24d

(and 24 Down) It's said the composer has a hospital trolleythis composer (4,6)

27d

A journey almost entirely without water (4)