Independent Cryptic #11609

2023-12-26

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Across

9a

Slice of tiramisu knocked back in China (5)

10a

Ah, Daniel Craig's heading off for meal in Leon (9)

11a

Sycophant is curious about travel agents retiring (3-6)

12a

Spirit of game broken by Hearts wingers in shoot-out (5)

13a

Mark King with a temperature in school (7)

15a

List of title's prime locations - almost 25 (7)

17a

True blue perhaps changing direction at first (5)

18a
23d

(and 23 Down) Singer cut Ma Baker's last line (3,6)

20a

Dance round and round (5)

22a

Engineers union in another meeting (7)

25a

Dickensian character goes mad about return of monster (7)

26a

Song making Pink's stomach turn (5)

27a

Mitch Marsh's guts upset by end of Ashes feast (9)

30a

Serpent cryptic edited and put before the public (9)

31a

Naked bloke chasing Black Beauty (5)

Down

1d

Extra small sleepwear for Spooner (4)

2d

Old men host TV show (4,4)

3d

Bond eating his superior porridge (4)

4d

Mike brewed Beamish in former wife's address (8)

5d

Northern European screen princess (6)

6d

Spitting Image covering heavy metal band's number one (10)

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7d

Actor's nameless brother (6)

8d

Half of 2 and 3 done (4)

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13d

Latitude involved in rise of The Sun (5)

14d

Gossip from account clerk (4-6)

16d

Stir up memories of uplifting Janá?ek overture (5)

19d

Top horse to dominate (8)

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21d

Porn star introducing Wild At Heart in a threatening manner (8)

23d

See 18 Across

24d

Supply teacher for the most part a goddess (6)

26d

Head of International Rescue's back (4)

28d

America's revolutionary baloney sandwiches (4)

29d

Perhaps 18 Across will be solved at last (4)