Independent Cryptic #1708

2022-11-20

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Across

5a

Rabbi's love for one prepared to learn (6)

7a

Can drinking whiskey after French garlic ultimately yield gust from behind? (8)

11a

City traveller must circumnavigate to get back (7)

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12a

A gold plate conducting current with variable physical property (7)

13a

Death's edge about to slice one looking stunned (4,6)

14a

Inappropriate looking dance, in retrospect (4)

16a

Hotel program reader's to receive hot drink now at a discount (5,4)

22a

Run boat's propeller and make a din (4)

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23a

Hide in Magaluf with Eco novel (10)

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26a

Newton with true confusion concerning particle (7)

27a

Plain, quiet, less stuffy royal brought to the fore (7)

28a

Fearless journalist to trade leaders: show restraint (4,4)

29a

Briefly put off by court notice (6)

Down

1d

Shower naked, holding cloth (7)

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2d

Mental image interrupted by extremely sexy companion (7)

3d

Article about unknown American soldiers by the cut-off Israeli city (8)

4d

Hit at random, unfortunately I fall (5)

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6d

Minister starts to embarrass Rishi Sunak with a large U-turn? (8)

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8d

Writer's covering President endlessly, as before (6)

9d

Appliances from Q's successor in antithesis of Bond film? (6)

10d

Manure always contains organic compound (4)

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15d

Allow doing away with European era voting rights (8)

17d

Don't be cruel talking about flavourless dessert (4,4)

18d

Noisily eat cold late morning meal without starter (6)

19d

Muse vaguely about a liberal prophet (6)

20d

Obstacle arranged to block coffin bearer (7)

21d

Nothing to support idea propagated by books and film (7)

24d

Rings husband's dropped - how clumsy! (4)

25d

Bird ascending east German mountain (5)