Independent Cryptic #1748

2023-08-27

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Across

1a

Bull given snip chasing male vet? (5)

4a

Keen to maintain excellent standard up to the midriff (9)

9a

All the best Argentine red then English port (7)

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10a

Tackle drinks in a pair of pyjamas when study's delayed? (7)

11a

Show George perhaps helping to end devil (13)

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14a

Call to lover overheard in wind? (4)

15a

Spy dog smuggles contents of plan in little bits (9)

18a

Opening of Lancashire furniture chain's trending immediately (9)

19a

American pier not quite in water (4)

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21a

Way to work around imposed changes (13)

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24a

Keeping in fashion behind bar for the most part (7)

26a

Oddly miss old Islay upland island for hopping (7)

27a

Field where they saw grouse coming in (9)

28a

Play the crab primarily sniping and doing little (5)

Down

1d

Blades ground for the kitchen staff (4)

2d

Drawn after capturing rook stranded up top? (11)

3d

Plate in church boosting capital? Quite the opposite (6)

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4d

Spirit with punch seen around delta city (9)

5d

Croon head off to uplifting cast piece (5)

6d

Adept manoeuvres with cane largely (8)

7d

Matriarch at no point removes clothes (3)

8d

Dad took off or mum left? Hard to explain (10)

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12d

Unprepared setter's going to crack into deep cryptic (11)

13d

Drum with scowl struggling to grasp current genre (10)

16d

Really sozzled earl fronting political protest (9)

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17d

Article about milk had to turn people green (8)

20d

Old folk? They're sometimes right (6)

22d

Fold suit and tie that is left out (5)

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23d

Sharpness put wife off piece of cheddar (4)

25d

Crew need underground rock for broadcast (3)