Times Cryptic #26675

2017-03-17

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Across

1a

Rook perhaps next to knight, king or queen? (5)

4a

Novel is made complicated for radio, TV, etc (4,5)

9a

Immediately performing after that trouble (2,3,4)

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10a

Gather behind strike leader, flummoxed (5)

11a

What Bren guns can do seconds after bombing (6)

12a

Group of wives from Home Counties tease celebrity endlessly (8)

14a

N African port guards fine oneevocative of repressive state? (9)

16a

Classify third man "to the right of left" (5)

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17a

Pulling over, finds records (5)

19a

Stopped working outside small bar and parted company (9)

21a

The sort of income you ultimately require to retain a service (8)

22a

Highland water in church that encourages growth (6)

25a

European airline expanding axes its currency (5)

26a

Pines block assistant nearby (9)

27a

Tube complaint? It is on record (9)

28a

Circle late notice about Republican (5)

Down

1d

This producer's slow, laboriously enlisting a pair of unknowns (9,6)

2d

Creature that swims from pilot, terrified (5)

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3d

Injection, perhaps, to remove foreign article necessary (7)

4d

Bread articles placed end to end (4)

5d

Passionate about climbing headland to get the bush? (10)

6d

Wrongly identify one's car at first in London road (7)

7d

Dangerous section of road, maybe, nameless crash site? (6,3)

8d

Tight low-necked garment not having Queen's acceptance (15)

13d

As cryptically suggested by this conflicted region? (6,4)

15d

He was swapped on party duty, stripped and exhausted (6-3)

18d

Rose succeeded with petition (7)

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20d

A couple of litres, say, run out rather fast (7)

23d

Conservative branch to rise (5)

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24d

Five missing pacifists is enough (4)