Independent Cryptic #11364

2023-03-15

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Across

1a

Parisian from motorsport content to cancel challenge (8)

5a

Top company that delivers fish (6)

10a

Wide awake later with the jitters (5)

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11a

Minor-league yankee on the ice hit gently (9)

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12a

Hitcher wanders across one road in a bad state (10)

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13a

Name in the first half of the alphabet (3)

15a

Poles leave American dollar bills to settle (5)

17a

Server of course on line (9)

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18a

Tub contains eight bits last of the twenty you lost (9)

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20a

Make hot starter of shredded duck (5)

22a

Sort of pot (3)

23a

Ecstatic sounds from husband in despair so moving (10)

26a

Make cross after cross with no one watching at the Bernabéu? (9)

27a

Old enough to finally smoke given mate's butt (5)

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28a

Hair regularly blocking cat's throat (6)

29a

Like train's wheels perhaps never stopping on a track? (8)

Down

1d

Shot bringing play to early conclusion (4)

2d

Student only just up is not so tired (7)

3d

Fizz right up (5)

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4d

Fine sheets bear crest; poor fellow ain't posh (14)

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6d

Happy playing with my slot machines (9)

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7d

Silly daughter piercing two of her ears (7)

8d

Expedition's leader quickly read over list - flipping safety procedure (10)

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9d

Barking canine the politician indicated is no longer an issue (14)

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14d

Small U-boat contrived something to increase air intake (10)

16d

Blackmail former number one communist after revolution (9)

19d

Pig getting bloody upset attacking sailor (7)

21d

European tax shelter hides uplift (7)

24d

Dr No Bertie Wooster's clubmate? (5)

25d

More little pickles spoiling sandwiches (4)