Times Cryptic #26730

2017-05-20

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Across

1a

Maybe Christian returning to boring day job (10)

6a

Close to distress, better not go on (4)

10a

Armistice broken by old, and later by new, tank (7)

11a

Scrap by right boxing area in a ring (7)

12a

Old lady that hasn't married prince needing female consort? (5,4)

13a

Number one, but not the number one in private (5)

14a

Food shop to the left behind King's Cross (5)

15a

Hopeless politician penning chapter list (9)

17a

Scottish hat salesman from the east carrying some light Arabian carpet? (6,3)

20a

It's best the setter gives you a hand? (5)

21a

Dismissed theological study as weird (5)

23a

Shortened lingerie, not wanting zip that's slack (9)

25a

Rebellious son and bachelor embraced by a sensual dancer, briefly (7)

26a

Sale for running shoes (7)

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27a

African animal's out of delta in dash (4)

28a

Head of science project accepting name for insect (4,6)

Down

1d

Races through beastly utterance, a statement of belief (5)

2d

Love for the recent mobile phone I trouble to bring round (9)

3d

Radical grilled, but news correspondents here outraged? (9,5)

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4d

'La couleur de la mer' in translation (7)

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5d

Stick with royal newspaper employee? (7)

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7d

One hooked on bird from Barnet, a Londoner (5)

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8d

Drawing fish into harbour with a line (9)

9d

Diamonds one's put in frame for sweeping (14)

14d

Discount housing for criminal (9)

16d

English monarch seen in public, showing strain (9)

18d

Provide workers for two universities for free (7)

19d

Follow uninvited, ignoring Northern Pacific islander (7)

22d

Inventor almost fully ready to bounce back? (5)

24d

Sense country must demote leader (5)