Independent Cryptic #1641

2021-08-08

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Across

9a

See two newspapers coming round for church feature (5,4)

10a

Longer and shorter periods reversed in final letter (5)

11a

Excellent daughters returned to home land (5)

12a

Designer makes Catholic dose with ecstasy during play (9)

13a

Artist seen in every echo? Listener's smart! (7)

14a

Recline to consume honeyed drink and quencher (7)

16a

Fine beer to be sent round for beast (5)

18a

See 20 Across

19a

Correlation shown where moon follows rodent (5)

20a
18a

(and 18 Across) It needs treatment, rough, for backing protocol row (7,3)

21a

By it one develops feeling for character (7)

23a

Hearings in case due to be rescheduled (9)

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25a

Money short, then endlessly given in tax (5)

26a

Fish served with duck's tongue (5)

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27a

Oil producers lie and cut pay anyway (9)

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Down

1d

Busy work mounting bugs famed oil worker (6,9)

2d

Aura surrounding old tribe in Moroccan location (6)

3d

Lark circling sailor caughta bleak prospect? (10)

4d

Gypsy turning up with beer and spirits (6)

5d

Large adhesive label covers disciplinarian (8)

6d

Here camels roaming spit on one (4)

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7d

Material about eastern Mediterranean region (8)

8d

Reproduction Stonehenge assembled in capital (15)

15d

Tees upset about hypocrisy concerning trade (10)

17d

Notice six-footer eating cake that's rich (8)

18d

Deeply impressed after heartless 18 Across, but miserable (8)

21d

Split in religious group that goes both ways? (6)

22d

Reprieves ram trapped among the French (3-3)

24d

Poet's black book one that's devious keeps (4)