Times Cryptic #26694

2017-04-08

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Across

1a

Prisoner's place of internment (5)

4a

Pregnant partner no longer has therapy wearing short trousers (9)

9a

Provisional accommodation this setter's found after a time (9)

10a

Odd sections of 11 road in old city (5)

11a

Quite dry inside quarry (6)

12a

Divers fish in schools (8)

14a

Maybe Nietzsche ultimately rejected English food (5,4)

16a

The reverse of mountain home here? (5)

17a

Honour received by female poet (5)

19a

Pan with grouse, feature of Sunday lunch? (5,4)

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21a

Child of the '60s briefly joins in faction striking (8)

22a

Plant, one a pretentious sort brought from the east (6)

25a

Thick-skinned type sounding witty? Wrong (5)

26a

Drama in old hospital, nursing a broken joint (5,4)

27a

Snacked regularly at bar, entertained by pop musicians (5,4)

28a

Writer looks for an audience (5)

Down

1d

One Pole is so ecstatic? (2,3,2,3,5)

2d

Some cruel, ungentlemanly attack (5)

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3d

Awarded sum of money, teachers' leaders accepted (7)

4d

No introduction for brief broadcast (4)

5d

Ambassador having only women admitted into China? That's incredible (10)

6d

Nick minor works penned by hack (3,4)

7d

Dispute stated intention of Petruchio? (9)

8d

What could make you fitter? Extremely delicious beans on toast (2,6,7)

13d

Mike accompanies one foreign gent around a group of islands (10)

15d

Doctor in Lima is a member of religious sect (9)

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18d

Admonish salesman about promoting first of remnants (7)

20d

Dear Miss Piggy perhaps and Kermit finally up for a dance (3-4)

23d

Small supermarket supplying some ice cream (5)

24d

Unruly lord of the Caribbean? (4)