Independent Cryptic #11631

2024-01-20

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Across

7a

Engineer in Essex partly responsible for disturbing nature (8)

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9a

Show embarrassment about author being rather rude (6)

10a

Feeble hosts live it up in a punishing manner (10)

11a

You are to be removed from office young man (4)

12a

American vessel brought back monarch from abroad (4)

13a

One million standing for unwelcome burden (10)

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15a

Limits of cognate sense affected meaning (7)

17a

Formed a union started by takeover apparently (7)

20a

Determined to catch grey cuckoo immediately before heron (10)

22a

Sound content for each broadcast (4)

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24a

Prog rock band wanting second album to sound like Howling Wolf? (4)

25a

Add compound interest to begin with or default badly (10)

26a

Steal inside information to finish off crime (6)

27a

Sustained blow to the face? (8)

Down

1d

Misty appearance of mass removed from whisked albumen (6)

2d

Put the finishing touches to flier that is about tax (8)

3d

Small group receiving former record company's 50% share of album? (10)

4d

Be controlled by veneer of orthodoxy? (4)

5d

Ant-eater paralysed ants regularly (6)

6d

Cut leak outside empty toilet (8)

8d

Plain stage in auditorium (6)

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14d

Lacking money for fare from Scotland (10)

16d

Type missing certain characteristics of liberal fairness (8)

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18d

Quiet high-pitched sound associated with English swallow (8)

19d

King that hurt sycophant's position? (6)

21d

Does possibly delay one seizing power (6)

23d

Keep moving in part of person's sphere of vision (6)

25d

Female leader leaves children land with strings attached (4)