Independent Cryptic #1741

2023-07-09

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Across

1a

Ordinary mundane job essentially lacking in colour (5)

4a

Are their bananas more nutritious? (8)

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11a

Circus entertainer regularly exhibiting a score of beasts (7)

12a

Ne'er-do-well exposed following closure of British barracks (7)

13a

Nonsense about United's humiliating defeat (4)

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14a

Remember Marine shot in twenty-nine (10)

17a

Resolute female having captured two Germans died (6)

18a

Fanatics from Northern Ireland initially admitted hacking computers (7)

21a

Trust article on European food (7)

22a

Echo fills empty brothel with deep booming sound (6)

25a

Brains behind putting curbs on motorway in Maryland (10)

26a

Discovered android with electronic instrument (4)

28a

Open University stirred up great indignation (7)

30a

Prisoner put on parole ultimately gets pardon (7)

31a

Ran through gardens in Home Counties visibly embarrassed (8)

32a

Several feet behind sailor's quarters (5)

Down

2d

Miserable people scrounged off accommodating Greek character (11)

3d

Rustic American protected by upstanding state bureaucrat (4)

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5d

And everything else about this place is otherworldly (8)

6d

Appeased Unionist leaves assembly in rush (10)

7d

Evil bishop redacted from account (3)

8d

Resume abandoned party in lodge (6)

9d

Artist runs into elegant youths; they are quintessentially straight (7)

10d

Swimmer wildly exaggerated finale of race on river (5)

15d

Ruthlessly incorporated elderly relatives (11)

16d

Eccentric grandee touring Spain with extremely talkative deviant (10)

19d

Put one's foot down over energy charge (8)

20d

Sugar daddy's first to forsake Scandinavian ex say? (7)

23d

Decorate Bond's superior sounding superior (6)

24d

Knight stops looting for a quick bite (5)

27d

Pretentious type has no business taking part (4)

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29d

Link that is attached to end of text (3)

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