Times Cryptic #26681

2017-03-24

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Across

1a

Thinks about one's exploits (7)

5a

"Land": good advice if this is damaged? (7)

9a

Panda or cat playing with polar bear's tail (6,3)

10a

Fleece blooming clean! (2,3)

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11a

Render "disjointed" maybe with it? Hardly (5)

12a

Maybe caution's unlikely where work's picked up? (9)

14a

CCTV unit one joins to formulate viewers' complaint (14)

17a

Say nothing: fuss reveals condition (5,2,7)

21a

Be injected with elbow out? (3,4,2)

23a

Come by home with vicious dog (5)

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24a

Historically, love to do origami? (2,3)

25a

Found cipher kit in a note (9)

26a

Part I required for a VIP (7)

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27a

Dreadful article: Times hits back (7)

Down

1d

Parent with sullen look making plan (3,3)

2d

Armstrong chats excitedly on leaving moon (7)

3d

Big woolly Liberal's joy, Pope having reformed (6,3)

4d

Payment of 100k to be in crime identikit (4,7)

5d

Duke abandoning minor conflict (3)

6d

Some dressedunusually, on reflection? (5)

7d

Prostitute grabbing prisoner got up as Henry IV (3-4)

8d

Harsh hiding Scrabble letters among foreign ones (8)

13d

Picture no longer having travelling fair around (3,2,6)

15d

Sex with flair: what a goer has? (9)

16d

One's defensive error leads to defeat for the line (8)

18d

Boy topping class in music or poetry? (3,4)

19d

Take back allegation about heads (7)

20d

English author's goldmine? (6)

22d

Screen series for audience in hotel (5)

25d

Cockney's hollow word of encouragement (3)