Times Cryptic #26646

2017-02-11

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Across

1a

Limp I had after cold gets into back muscle (7)

5a

Composer available from PC World? (7)

9a

Sailor surrounded by minor celestial illumination (9)

10a

Party-goer's setting aside time to have a shot (5)

11a

What might ornithologist see in Africa? "Redbreast", I cry incorrectly (9,4)

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13a

Flushed wine and coffee in opposite directions (3-5)

15a

More light from flames either side of a river (6)

17a

One's fleeced by grasping copper, the head of narcotics (6)

19a

Moulded askew, container displays flaw (4,4)

22a

Bloomers to be worn for certain around new sports facility (7,6)

25a

On reflection, some of these Egyptian birds from Canada? (5)

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26a

Cutting 500 smash hit records for singer (9)

27a

Scholar's problems are returning (7)

28a

Flatter woman in fine lines (7)

Down

1d

Unable to move foot, when entering (4)

2d

A trick shot on area of snooker table gets built up (7)

3d

Complaint: it's endlessly chilly and frosty (5)

4d

What may suffer from mangled feet and badly gored leg? (8)

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5d

Vessel with zigzagging course almost capsized rest (6)

6d

Might it save one's bacon? (5,4)

7d

Elite RA works here? (7)

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8d

Wants statistics about European team second in group (10)

12d

Welcome record of voyage perhaps in authentic tourist's memoir (10)

14d

Commercial exploitation's closing gold mining resource with wearying regularity (2,7)

16d

Reduced watts before reversing current in transformer (8)

18d

Note major road turning between church and a castle in Spain (7)

20d

City, supremely faultless, knocking out Unitedno upset (7)

21d

Civil engineer in Slough's making barriers (6)

23d

Sound of fierce creature in northern habitat (5)

24d

Address covering a river of Eurasia (4)