Times Cryptic #26663

2017-03-03

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Across

1a

Sculptor's company accepting artist back (4)

3a

Fraudulently replicate a religious artwork (10)

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9a

Having spent capital, faults spread across fine property (7)

11a

Hot springs run in the West? (7)

12a

Heard those succeeding with charming sisters display superior manners (4,3,6)

14a

Alarm that has a frequency drawing attention (5)

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15a

Dry westerly heading for UK, fast and swirling (9)

17a

Edition in rough: that man's evoking famed writer (3,6)

19a

Roughly flipped sheep muck about (3,2)

21a

I am Minister for Development taking on East European department (5-8)

24a

Course in which learner is replaced by born student (7)

25a

A doctor backed probing boozer's guts (7)

26a

For instance, at exhibition centre, salesperson returned profit (10)

27a

What health insurance covers is insufficient (4)

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Down

1d

Caught nothing on the canal unfortunatelycertainly not this! (10)

2d

Official retainer hugs Queen after she becomes upset (7)

4d

Survive desert, a place of desperation (4,5)

5d

In motion pictures, ultimately absorbed by Ms Hayworth's comeback (5)

6d

A faraway state before conquest? (13)

7d

Seamen's breaks together (2,5)

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8d

Having cockney's mince pieshis stash, by the sound of it? (4)

10d

It's weird hearing crowd after extremely critical song (13)

13d

Rocket builder is potentially way up on outside layer (10)

16d

With support cut, film studio is closing again (9)

18d

Give up, man, and get married! (7)

20d

Unstable chariot turning over into river reveals Mark Antony, perhaps (7)

22d

Current cut off from Rhode Island, city awaiting power (5)

23d

Station closure (4)

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