Times Cryptic #26651

2017-02-17

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Across

1a

Father cheeky before bar providing documentary evidence (5,5)

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7a

Polish expert and enthusiast (4)

9a

Convened everyone in charge of copper, perhaps (8)

10a

Farm animal ails after chewing wood-sorrel (6)

11a

Gets prosecuted and released (6)

13a

Sailor's in the drink (8)

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14a

Flatter front to boat can spread badly (3,3,6)

17a

Club certainly involving old politician's agitation (12)

20a

Cart crashing behind car, one with lots of power (8)

21a

Just like some pyjamas to tear in a very dirty place (6)

22a

A lot of sudden anxiety about home baker's product (6)

23a

Tree one's put in beside a motorway to the west (8)

25a

Instrument running without current (4)

26a

Comfortable about having to hang around for fighter (10)

Down

2d

Dislike a particular form (8)

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3d

Character that merits a place on railway board? (3)

4d

Bound to grab fifty as the word game board ends up? (5)

5d

Old-fashioned tea served in a racing club (7)

6d

Speed up appearances to play an instrument (4,5)

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7d

Puzzle sane arbiter's sorted out (5-6)

8d

Queen in combat scare (6)

12d

Likely to be successful at university with arrival (2-3-6)

15d

Meritorious second pair of cadets in the forces (9)

16d

Lead shot included in ammunition that scatters (8)

18d

Seat of empire? (7)

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19d

Difficulty, a Tardis initially with zero time variation (6)

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21d

Sign is put up half covered in gold (5)

24d

What's now horribly personal (3)

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