Independent Cryptic #11575

2023-11-16

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Across

1a

Ostentatiously dressed as Marie Prevost was according to rumour? (15)

9a

Complaint when her pint is spilt (9)

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10a

Solaris author's account about WWI aircraft (5)

11a

A canoe adrift around island area in the Pacific (7)

12a

The X-man's right to catch a rodent (7)

13a

Opponent of Wade's last three letters from opponent of Borg (3)

14a

Neatly groomed prince adjusted sails after leaving Thailand (7)

17a

A very old tsar rebuilt this city (7)

19a

Couch potato's back enthralled by naked divers (7)

22a

Support parish priest for keeping it professional (7)

24a

The Greek goddess of mischief returned her last letter (3)

25a

Still without gas? (7)

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26a

Stay with seaman hung over after drinking instant tea reportedly (7)

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28a

Knight absorbed by one friar further on in the book ... (5)

29a

... so that he might like the friar recall holy books (9)

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30a

Adam and Eve often clashed with Han political philosophy (15)

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Down

1d

Heavy metal at major city theatre (15)

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2d

A small hill in South Africa's capital? Not small (5)

3d

America wants China inside NATO? (7)

4d

Not in charge? That's apparent (7)

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5d

Plants roses a messenger's delivered (7)

6d

Trendy surveyor with implanted lead for instance and gold in tooth (7)

7d

French article rejected by cartographer after ignoring carbon dividend (9)

8d

Maybe Father's official statement after forgetting to fix that? (15)

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15d

Drug that's suppressing British university don's pain at last (9)

16d

The verb in the second person? On the contrary (3)

18d

Clay found in marl pit regularly (3)

20d

A lot of pineapple on a Caribbean island (7)

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21d

Pause especially during ceremony (7)

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22d

How to make saps disappear gradually? (7)

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23d

Time to go and play with knob? (7)

27d

Soviet Bolshevik leader knocked back a couple of vodkas after aperitif (5)