Times Cryptic #26735

2017-05-26

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Across

1a

I'll tell you a secret: politician has got fired for corruption (8)

9a

Carriage, outwardly exquisite, with funny silver interior (8)

10a

Writer describes a king of Spanish region (8)

11a

Choke, a device that controls mixture of air and fuel (8)

12a

Potentially embarrassing situation for woman working in Civil Service (3,2,5)

14a

Healthy exercises featuring regularly in my long day (4)

15a

Creature kept scratching head in anger (7)

17a

In the flesh, RAF serviceman is a beast (7)

21a

Kilometre behind house, round bend (4)

22a

One Christmas filled with constant bustle? The complete opposite (10)

23a

Workers' food studied by the BBC (8)

25a

Charges are to be reduced, rules stated (8)

26a

Casualty department in hospital needing help at first to nurse about a hundred (8)

27a

Crackers served with ends of Edam cheese (8)

Down

2d

Love to sleep on, perhaps, needing to make little effort (2,1,5)

3d

Complimentary drink in trade zone (4,4)

4d

Brave, turning up the radio a bit (4)

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5d

Cleric's place with play area near to railway (7)

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6d

On track, having earlier set off (10)

7d

Publication having page with illustrations (4,4)

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8d

One's back in French tavern, staggering about (8)

13d

My wife gets call to wake up about noon (4,1,5)

15d

Bottle of wine rogue emptied with tramp before lunchtime? (8)

16d

Right-on company stocking pink wine (8)

18d

Prerequisite for examination to do with eyesight? (8)

19d

Lack of energy, say? So I start on antibiotics (8)

20d

Order separate ingredients for wife? (7)

24d

Play shortened a bit (4)