Independent Cryptic #1745

2023-08-06

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Across

1a

Fickle girls wavering over new office bods (12)

8a

One regularly beating duke’s more peculiar (7)

9a

A Catholic bishop punching drug lord? (7)

11a

Dying star by great Stratford river having a turn (9)

12a

Young woman from Yorkshire one will get a drink (5)

13a

Linesman worries after penalty at the death (5)

15a

Heckled in pub by suffering editor (9)

17a

Corsican upset without time for horse and the like (9)

18a

Those heading to Ayr stop to experience smack (5)

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19a

Drink with out-of-head friend? That's rare! (5)

21a

Sack friends stealing old gems (9)

24a

Call up again about First Lady receiving fine (7)

25a

One taking piss out of vacuously banal Serpent (7)

26a

Posterior man goes wild for drag queen perhaps (12)

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Down

1d

Dowdy woman fine with The Donald going topless (5)

2d

Wine bar locum drunkenly entered by shop at front (9)

3d

I smuggle seventeen inside seminar conspicuously (5)

4d

Friends from America armed cops worked over (9)

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5d

Beat old conservative on rear to excite liberal (5)

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6d

Hold on to drinks from Japan as souvenirs (9)

7d

Unhelpful reply was rude and nasty sadly (12)

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10d

People dealing with shocks for a living? (12)

14d

Ventilates squad with bit of rank trapped wind (9)

15d

How gigolo might be at work without clients? (9)

16d

Person in suit who looks down on almost everyone? (9)

20d

German banker is honourable soldiers will hold (5)

22d

One tweeting men must return wine container (5)

23d

Commie lawyer heading north for the summer? (5)