Times Cryptic #26739

2017-05-31

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Across

1a

Forest resident shot brother it's said (8)

9a

Scripture studies likely to be trustworthy (8)

10a

Antagonise sergeant given new order (8)

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11a

Equipment that is left with schoolboys' mother? (8)

12a

Welsh girl ditching singular Belgian writer (3,7)

14a

City boundaries in Split survive (4)

15a

Deputy puts name to Democrat in smear (5-2)

17a

Star now dimmed was in perfect form (3-4)

21a

Try to quit search on Net producing lustful gaze (4)

22a

Fight on: one's embedded in position (10)

23a

Opening refuge in wild that has no lake (8)

25a

English lord stirred trouble in fabulous location (2,6)

26a

Former head admitting it's an indicative survey (4,4)

27a

Shameless Mussorgsky introducing himself (8)

Down

2d

Holding back as it then turned out (8)

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3d

Fuel vessel stopped by pilots following one (8)

4d

Bone discovered up in San Luis (4)

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5d

Where was crackpot like Mr Stalin in the end? (7)

6d

See-through material helping good girl (5,5)

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7d

Reject ruling? (8)

8d

Smart to include width and length in scientific language (3,5)

13d

Going from Mali's capital to Nigeria possibly (10)

15d

Second bed delivered without damage (4-4)

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16d

Having reached 50, worker lives in fantasy land (8)

18d

Parliamentary official seen in two sorts of bar (5,3)

19d

Refuses puzzles that Times compiler's originally entered (8)

20d

National Prime Minister losing day (7)

24d

Dutch town that's invented might one infer? (4)