Times Cryptic #26733

2017-05-24

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Across

1a

A month after one leaves school one comes across the church (8)

5a

Fireball rounding corner finds old dictator (6)

9a

Report of someone critically examining historian (8)

10a

English poet has to suffer misfortune in the end (6)

12a

Tense, given Pollyanna's expectation? (6,7)

15a

Little chamber orchestra's first instrument (5)

16a

Shelter for the needy soulshame dilapidated (9)

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17a

Nothing revolutionary about Lenin unfortunately, the worm! (9)

19a

Peach, sliced, is eaten initially (5)

20a

Extremely disappointed, soon to feature in famous comedy sketch? (4,2,1,6)

22a

A spring flourish (6)

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23a

Funny person about right? (8)

25a

Hard to break staff routine (6)

26a

Hard-working souls due to appear lazy (8)

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Down

1d

Buying and selling stuff, lines not shifting? (7,3)

2d

Beard beginning, shaved at the top (3)

3d

New Orleans, a seaport (7)

4d

After lunch, upright piano moved quickly, put upright! (4-8)

6d

Difficult having bottom pinched by lewd fellow somewhere in Wales (7)

7d

Suspicion over man, hunter of some spirit (11)

8d

Turnip once called 'parsnip', originally (4)

11d

Author, unusual in brown cloak (6,6)

13d

One looking for that special something in cryptic clues, not tat! (6,5)

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14d

Bonds exist in bonding set (10)

18d

Short party, secular hosts (7)

19d

Church primate put on gold hat (7)

21d

Try climbing to get nuts or bananas (4)

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24d

A little difficult working for company, apparently? (3)

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