Times Cryptic #26748

2017-06-10

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Across

1a

Frail vocalist surprisingly displaying great force abroad (8,5)

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9a

Caught, having left company, making illegal copy (5)

10a

Hint of envy maybedirector speaking out (9)

11a

Tipped team in light blue (6-4)

12a

Stick to clean joke: time for second (1-3)

14a

No beggar maybe could be so bothered with chore (7)

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16a

Historically, one preferred the house white (7)

17a

Stretch and pull to pieces in peripheral half of exercise (7)

19a

Cutting article from writer considered mediocre and dated (7)

20a

High time, perhaps, to advance the last taboo (2-2)

21a

25 million came, extraordinarily, equal in size (10)

24a

Something life-enhancing one found in character of Greek sea god (9)

25a

Scraps you might pick up are exciting (5)

26a

Lack of pretence initially bearing weight in aspect of policy (2-6,5)

Down

1d

Getting some sucker to tidy up? (6,8)

2d

Come over and put out a sign (5)

3d

Party has ended with Carol outside bingeing (10)

4d

Jailed ultimately for this sort of dealing? (7)

5d

Something to drive down feesat the outset state method (7)

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6d

Instrument has loudly suppressed another one (4)

7d

Their function is to hold rat by the legs (5,4)

8d

Slates people in floods used for household appliances (6,8)

13d

Break into building's empty attic, fracturing funny bone (5,1,4)

15d

Faulty ring on top layer (9)

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18d

Former accountant keeping books: one unusual collection (7)

19d

In short, performing upset my namesake (7)

22d

After polling, put ballot box facing the other way (1-4)

23d

An element of the unknown included (4)