Times Cryptic #26706

2017-04-22

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Across

1a

Unimportant item gazed upon, sin recalled in it (10)

7a

Zero European capital lacking in Russian city (4)

9a

One having fled prison, Alcatraz finally consumed by raging fire that's hot! (8)

10a

Quite fair (6)

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11a

Small bird or seal you might catch (6)

13a

Capsize in open vessel (8)

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14a

Extremely tasty, a rich baked confectionsuch as this? (8,4)

17a

Looker securing opening in faculty for the record confined to history? (7-5)

20a

Cherry-bound paper needed (8)

21a

Country straddling a wide lake (6)

22a

Famous Sevillian fruit, orange, not half round! (6)

23a

Don Corleone initially in film hampered by siren? (8)

25a

Bet poet needs no introduction (4)

26a

Graduate in his anger unfortunately gives severe scolding (10)

Down

2d

In the soup, my dear, nine of the ingredients pre-blended (5-3)

3d

Spirit soared briefly upward (3)

4d

Once having worry, leave (5)

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5d

What can be stretched to cut some maintenance (7)

6d

One leaning over a river ending in Liffey in Irish county (9)

7d

Past one's peak then? (4,3,4)

8d

God put wind beneath it (6)

12d

Nothing in books covered by practice of American space exploration? (3,1,7)

15d

Bird part assimilating small fish (5,4)

16d

Food: time to eat Eastern dish (4,4)

18d

A round lump primarily roughlike this? (7)

19d

Very many for example taken in by celebrity (6)

21d

Coffee, second brew (5)

24d

Some drug habityuk! (3)

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