Times Cryptic #26624

2017-01-17

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Across

1a

Item on plate I note for diet? (6)

4a

Standard way to address queen touring hospital: "One's cured!" (5,3)

9a

Ultimately how irrational that team should keep staring (7)

11a

Penny's back on stage, wearing a type of bowler (3,4)

12a

Reserve bunk, producing card (5)

13a

Evidently valley life all badbut this corner's cosy (9)

14a

American I housed in my own refurbished holiday home (10)

16a

Take cream off small boy or girl (4)

19a

Legendary Highlander: one's got so far ahead (4)

20a

Hide after leading lady around old, imposing crash site (4-6)

22a

Initially, all when in mountain have activity in mind (5,4)

23a

Measure essential to stop me talking back (5)

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25a

The state of the loo's atrocious (7)

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26a

What new divorcee could take to be cause of hang-up? (4,3)

27a

Makes leap year visits to see secretive groups (3,5)

28a

Field that's no longer used for camping? (6)

Down

1d

Immediately apply in writing for audition (5,4)

2d

UK peninsula where travel used to be endless (5)

3d

Keep leading Tina astray (8)

5d

Fleshy fruita large part oil, unexpectedly (9,4)

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6d

Assailant who's closer after one's escaped (6)

7d

Place for flask, maybe, and with it pot (3,6)

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8d

Capital made out of son being unethically dressed? (5)

10d

Fetching number available at a bargain (5,3,1,4)

15d

Somehow co-opts US company in the end to make film (9)

17d

Blight that hurt top of flower in desert pea (9)

18d

US military base opposed strikes being talked of (4,4)

21d

Cocktail 3 downforgetting name twice (3,3)

22d

City where de Gaulle would appear after church (5)

24d

How Jersey goes about finding sculptor (5)