Independent Cryptic #11403

2023-04-29

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Across

1a

Sticky stuff porridge served with fruit (8)

5a

Jeers “Third rate and not working on board” (6)

9a

Not at work expecting to receive delivery (8)

10a

Aromatic liquid from a yard In Birmingham (6)

11a

Well-built railway linked to British Unionist (5)

12a

Sex and more sex grabbed by feeble person with delusions (9)

14a

Matriarch lady wangling prominent place in London (13)

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17a

Parts of the brain exercised by Opera Bastille? (13)

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20a

Decorator transformed Parisian location (9)

21a

Reluctant to follow Catholic clergy (5)

22a

Case finishing early having involved one with very minor matters (6)

23a

God enthralling Rector and would-be minister (8)

24a

Small smelly and squishy (6)

25a

Offer page with correction to ‘parosol’ (8)

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Down

1d

Bully Bishop defeated after argument (8)

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2d

Public stage with section covered by garbage and booze (7)

3d

Choice of sides with variable vehicle (5)

4d

Spooner’s cake mix instruction as it happens including a bit of extravagant fantasy (11)

6d

A standard set in reconstruction of larch thicket (9)

7d

Hide mistake in polish (7)

8d

Easier wiping lecturer’s silly smile (6)

13d

Worker unexpectedly ready to embrace political party (11)

15d

Biblical passage about religious education giving new interpretation (9)

16d

Snake holed up in plant of death (8)

17d

Test eliminating E. coli regularly brought up about second condition (7)

18d

Man in short tucking into fish or other living material (7)

19d

Numerical data about university ranking (6)

21d

Policeman sent up to secure border bend (5)