Times Cryptic #26718

2017-05-06

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Across

1a

Craft's put in to make thinner book (9,4)

9a

Prolonged horizontality that is limited by short line (3-2)

10a

Record support shown by performance chart (9)

11a

Sell short European articles EU gents sent over (10)

12a

Following craze from the east for flower (4)

14a

Paid out of capital added to present tax relief (4,3)

16a

Cake to have covered in cheese (7)

17a

Misguided lad sick of northern poets (7)

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19a

Misprint in volume of Alcott heading a line (7)

20a

American composer is losing pounds (4)

21a

One surly mongrel gone mad on mire (10)

24a

A lot of damage on front of girl's instrument (9)

25a

See vessel that's green (5)

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26a

Await speech and coughing (13)

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Down

1d

Things wail wildly around heartless group flying up for this? (9,5)

2d

Weaver is the source for this northern river (5)

3d

Be sent around to work on Queen on gold coins (3,7)

4d

Balmoral, say, soundly vetoed one ringing the crown (7)

5d

Regularly appears to unrobe? That leads to trouble (7)

6d

Unwilling to cut large obscenity (4)

7d

Head managed emergency room, containing one easy problem (2-7)

8d

Complaint over general fare item (4,10)

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13d

Some called at Rome on the way back for Italian food (10)

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15d

Large plant flourished a short distance east (5,4)

18d

Monk society cut short raised Cain (7)

19d

Album playing on journey is a pain (7)

22d

Last words of unfinished novel I destroyed (5)

23d

Cleaner energy protects oxygen (4)