Independent Cryptic #11339

2023-02-14

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Across

1a

Clothing for baseball umpire enforcedly exhibits a distinguishing feature (4,4)

5a

Overthrow of government initially letting everyone have sex (6)

10a

Greek philosopher greeting power flower (5)

11a

Carry On Poet cures disorder (9)

12a

Europeans swearing on Carnage (10)

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13a

Air therefore no good (4)

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15a

Night flyers welcome neutral periods (6)

16a

Cheap lawyers win (7)

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19a

Understanding old giant breaks horse (7)

21a

Tie nun up harmoniously (2,4)

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23a

A large number start to retch at the back of the boat (4)

25a

Happy to keep MI6 steady (10)

27a

See 26 Down

28a

See 26 Down

29a

Tell story backwards during scripture lesson (6)

30a

Ditch everybody in times showing great cruelty (8)

Down

1d

Losing what Unite accepts (6)

2d

Top university job includes a hairdo (9)

3d

Say concert I organised is all about me (10)

4d

English politician connects drains (7)

6d

Past lovers, naked (4)

7d

Underworld boss's place you went to finally (5)

8d

Ten twists about to become one on the way out (8)

9d

Originally having ordered bacon, nursing orderly brings biscuit (6)

14d

Harry Potter's social worker, faithful sort (10)

17d

Beginning to hug everybody after dreadfully inane film (5,4)

18d

Setter repeats Indian music ascending (4-4)

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20d

Spinning delivery like a search engine? (6)

21d

Areas India redeveloped without any adults having specialist knowledge (7)

22d

Malodorous pigpen hosts tattoo (6)

24d

Barely, if at all, certain to kill (5)

26d
28a

(and 27 Across, 28 Across) Song breaking law of egg detonation (4,3,6,5)