Independent Cryptic #11570

2023-11-10

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Across

9a

Profligate expansion’s ending French city (5)

10a

He’d returned in court to exploit comic author (9)

11a

How anaesthetists recall operations perhaps without complexity (9)

12a

Subject of opera: new Irish saint (5)

13a

Tropical fruit juice - all I provide on reflection (9)

16a

Neverending excursion? (5)

17a

Take heed of US lawyer’s intent (6)

18a

Concern after study’s expanding outwards? (6)

19a

Support retreating for protecting gross wading bird (5)

20a

Interceded to capture tense thought (9)

22a

Something primarily divisible by two? Yes and no! (5)

24a

Key part of nervous system damaged in tribesman (9)

26a

Film director into misbehaving including a tirade (9)

27a

No network for film director (5)

Down

1d

Supporting a good deal of top-rated inquiries (6)

2d

Question that’s popular for one with many siblings (4)

3d

Criticise coinage for promotional cartoon? (10)

4d

Weak character had top job in corporation one of a pair (10)

5d

Poems - writings hard to understand in need of introduction (4)

6d

Source of butter and a lot of wheat? (4)

7d

Mend unrest possibly - implying separation? (10)

8d

That chap with an observational power but not enough to be a poet (6)

14d

Current time encountered first in excavations for anthropological museum (10)

15d

Arcade game about church concerning clergyman (10)

16d

Court penalty becoming bad without right adjustment (10)

19d

After some hesitation placed high-scoring Scrabble tile as substitute (6)

21d

Evil spirits occupying more than half of show? (6)

23d

Repeated upturn in working is something not on the cards (4)

24d

King thrown into substantial naval prison (4)

25d

Score falling short is not quite credible (4)