Independent Cryptic #11354

2023-03-03

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Across

8a

A day in European city (Spain) - bliss (8)

9a

Support about to be withdrawn for Olympic sportsperson (6)

10a

Determined club gets passed on to descendants (10)

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11a

Serious passion seen in pursuit of daughter (4)

12a

Star girl recalled dance performances (not debut) (6)

14a

Craftsmanlike film director all but crazy inside (8)

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15a

Young female star backed accepting woman’s title (6)

16a

Web story not about to annoy (6)

19a

Nothing observed in outrageous clue USA detective having no competence (8)

21a

Ace 22 seen around air aces with quantity of drink (6)

23a

Quite complex without question but not much of a case (4)

24a

College cat lady unfortunately missing one with extra toes (10)

26a

Record keeper rubbed out cut by day before feast (6)

27a

Irishman accepting quantity of work required by tense officer (8)

Down

1d

Repeat reasonable score? Nonsense (6)

2d

I engaged in sleep after upturn in discomfort (4)

3d

Temper one shows amongst American university crowd (8)

4d

Makes a loud sound - a good pair of lungs? (7)

5d

Composer giving you a lot of help? (6)

6d

One measuring concentration disturbed irate medic (10)

7d

Resent move coming about for one Republican (8)

13d

Smart cars large? Use Minis when travelling round Ohio (10)

15d

Idle hero of children’s books? (8)

17d

Writers in wartime possibly being censored badly (8)

18d

No good in upper-class blade (7)

20d

Noticed energy peaked with a thousand running out (6)

22d

Very brief affair around end of February (6)

25d

Champion bridge team to ruminate? (4)