Independent Cryptic #1672

2022-03-13

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Across

7a

Master of arms messing about with toe (7)

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8a

Acquiring new apartment? That's swell! (7)

10a

Aristocrats taking on old, but inexperienced folk (5)

11a

Criminal beds lad with a thousand rolls of fat (9)

12a

Bloke making love mostly to make bread (7)

14a

Tips for narc: experts pull hot rocks on nice tube (7)

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15a

Power and sex will be mine! (3)

16a

Slime having pleasing qualities? Not quite! (3)

18a

Not all call back to get help (3)

22a

Excitement as Raoul spun out (7)

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25a

In hearing, launderer's confession is nonsense (7)

26a

Obstruct prurient fools heading for threesome (9)

27a

A way to stop our man getting speed (5)

28a

Worthy old relative drugs grasping duke (7)

29a

Catty drinkers knocked back Bud with a soprano (7)

Down

1d

Some home 'so' carpeted in tasteful bit of peach? (8)

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2d

Vehicles in Perth you briefly examine (4)

3d

Extremely hot organist needs to get jiggy (8)

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4d

Send up Fife hooligan princess royal dominated (6)

5d

Too much on? Felt a pull to travel around America! (1,4,5)

6d

In Oz, rabbit and retired horse live by river (6)

7d

Revolutionary prison in low European territory (6)

9d

Nurse with spirit sat on top of express locomotive (6)

13d

A sad tutor going wild on a road abroad (10)

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17d

Mad at lover? Head to khazi and emit much gas! (8)

19d

Racy type pulls Her Maj? About time! (8)

20d

Cartel bringing in a bit of C4 for bombing (6)

21d

Women's stilettos can be instruments of torture (6)

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23d

Criminal exposed by Parisian article on wife (6)

24d

Gold soldiers stashed in empty Liverpool plant (6)

27d

Climber stuck on top of Everest might have this (4)