Independent Cryptic #11578

2023-11-20

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Across

1a

Unattractive artist's brief from Greta Thunberg? (13)

9a

A seven-day period with crumbs for bird (7)

10a

Mistake working to contain hot jet (7)

11a

Craft invading deserted eighth planet (5)

12a

Drug scored and badly cut (9)

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13a

Prohibition of make-up by government? Exactly (8)

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15a

Follow funds mostly linked to bloc in revolution (6)

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18a

Fluster half of venomous reptiles (6)

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19a

Meat caked in grass given away (8)

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22a

Trail around shops in light conversation (9)

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24a

Reportedly visits sites for those bound to land (5)

25a

Large number of skinned cats next to factory (7)

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26a

I have no idea why insect circles new mast (7)

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27a

PM meeting castaway and cartoonist (13)

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Down

1d

Raised weapon acquires valuable titbits (7)

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2d

Devout old helper binding book (9)

3d

Fish heads from lake offloaded at Caen harbour (5)

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4d

Basic resetting of ankle limits boxer (8)

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5d

Number attached to note on church clock (6)

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6d

Trump on island excited English press (9)

7d

Good to replace surface of European coin once (5)

8d

Nervous individual periodically dogged (6)

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14d

Instrument a research room set up on cosmonaut? (9)

16d

Hardening bone clogs spinning slicers (9)

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17d

Game pie without filling cook flipped with eggs (8)

18d

Proceed with fifth maths problem maybe after class (6)

20d

Officers atop scientific facility make out (7)

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21d

Magazine featuring one central spread (6)

23d

Everybody I see follows God (5)

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24d

Mystic perhaps crawled over top of India (5)