Independent Cryptic #11266

2022-11-21

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Across

1a

Welsh keep children in the cellar as arranged (7,6)

9a

Resentment finally fading many years after failure (7)

10a

Army caterer admitting Blumenthal's starter is nicer (7)

11a

After initial swap, was first edition kept? (5)

12a

Leeches in hospital make child sore (7-2)

14a

Beer glass preferably filled by taps (8)

16a

Potentially shocking railway employees' uniforms (6)

18a

One might wear stuff made from latex (6)

19a

Scent that completes one's toilet? (8)

22a

Old pressman's belly starts to grumble, needing beer supply (9)

23a

Oddly bare plonker on which you might see a 18A (5)

24a

Sober user ate bananas (7)

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26a

Free camping apparently a deterrent (7)

27a

Aboard naval vessel, men worried by loud noise threatening mutiny (13)

Down

1d

Horrible new order for housemaid, wiping master's ... (7)

2d

Princess wears jewellery, husband some polo kit? (6,5)

3d

Part of life men definitely make better (5)

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4d

Attendants typically feared church being swamped by poultry workers? (8)

5d

Sailor delighted to be off (6)

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6d

Wasted in Staines when it's limitless cheap booze (5,4)

7d

Fat bit of sole for Eliza's fish (3)

8d

US drugs agent getting increasingly high on New York's crack (6)

13d

Are raincoats covering bottom up deterring flasher? (5,6)

15d

Plants from Earth carried by old lunar modules (9)

17d

Snickers that's disgusting, subsequently eating it (8)

18d

Keen to repeat the middle section when going over music (6)

20d

Old dog chasing its tail gets prize at Crufts, perhaps (7)

21d

Echo producer's touching part of speech (6)

23d

Accepted one pound for flipping pancakes (5)

25d

Go on a run heavily dressed, mostly to get fat off (3)