Independent Cryptic #11318

2023-01-20

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Across

1a

Very good hole for a bird (5)

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4a

Exotic place for recreation in this spot outside church (9)

9a

British explorer heading river expedition (9)

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10a

Special covering for wheat (5)

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11a

Satisfy Faraday with difficulty (4)

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12a

Established Church toured by mad American tourist may have had one (10)

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14a

Working to interrupt broadcast of recent material (8)

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16a

Acknowledge Government speech with a degree of fury (5)

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18a

Booze swallowed in pints knocked back? Fail to follow suit (5)

19a

Uncommonly pleased to welcome international stars (8)

22a

Narcotic? Ring pop star offering tip off (10)

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23a

Limitation to macabre English writer (4)

26a

Send away half of soccer team besetting full soccer team (5)

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27a

Gold-medallist popular around Australia - in the Melbourne region? (9)

28a

Peculiar new variety of tuna found in river (9)

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29a

Material the writer’s initially deemed regressive (5)

Down

1d

Rising literary genre not initially better regarding absence of violence? (7)

2d

Sneak line into place (5)

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3d

In climbing rocks a tough assignment (4)

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4d

Entire battles involving soldiers to point in a new direction (8)

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5d

One concerned about tense haulage worker (6)

6d

Saxon kingdom against ale brewing (10)

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7d

Start to conserve part of Somerset and part of North Yorkshire (9)

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8d

Competitor: board dismissing one before start of tournament (7)

13d

Mostly obey expert on biblical literature being satisfied (10)

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15d

A couple of lines that could have you squealing (9)

17d

Regarding hospital: call in being unhappy about chill? Not entirely (8)

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18d

Cross about competent picture (7)

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20d

Quantity of money securing seabird bone (7)

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21d

Household device to float given extra oxygen (6)

24d

Legendary hunter getting over taking out US soldier in the beginning (5)

25d

Cross English city forgetting old times (4)