Independent Cryptic #1674

2022-03-27

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Across

1a

One stands to play rock (9)

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6a

A doctor punching curt chap Serpent (5)

9a

Gales and rain battered foreigners (9)

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10a

Weapon knight stored in decorative fabric (5)

11a

Giant relations wearing brown (5)

12a

Naive boy touring North Island (9)

13a

Disease chirpy insects avoided initially (7)

15a

Write about melody in piece of Holst (7)

18a

One involved in canine welfare? (7)

20a

Cowardly suspect admits "stole on occasion" (7)

21a

Angry soldier pinching one's breakfast? (9)

23a

Old boy grabs kiss with old wife in lake (5)

25a

Flapper feels bad about losing jacket (5)

26a

Loathe boat name I concocted (9)

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27a

Crowd of reporters (5)

28a

Lights by headland in countryside? (9)

Down

1d

Devastated street had to be demolished (9)

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2d

Soon time for a period of darkness (5)

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3d

Tiger seen wandering vast plain (9)

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4d

Colours of old Sierras (7)

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5d

Looking at The Sun in the morning? (7)

6d

Fruit yours truly left at work (5)

7d

Chess problem I ruminate about (9)

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8d

A leader doing well in the polls? (5)

14d

Conservative series of lectures in large hall (9)

16d

Roman satirist is not pure, sadly (9)

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17d

Some personnel sew hereabouts or at another place (9)

19d

Path that will secure a victory for Labour (7)

20d

Book Blue and dance like no-one's watching? (3,4)

21d

Stingy gentleman holding drug (5)

22d

Group one's seen around venues (5)

24d

White breaks second-rate centre of Grand Master (5)