Times Cryptic #26770

2017-07-06

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Across

1a

Dock below expanse of land? (8)

5a

Tear visible in small lithograph? (6)

10a

Exercises a lot of contrition, having throttled popular bird (9)

11a

Early religious leader favoured by the monarch (5)

12a

Reversing finished, posh car's engine's sound (4)

13a

Wretched fellows going to a town in Ireland (9)

15a

Names in USA misrepresented as MS PA? (10)

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17a

Possibly arm foremost of members in political party, in short (4)

19a

Regiment's first to penetrate enemy front (4)

20a

Bicycle with screw loose nearly going around as he collapsed (10)

22a

Recalled most of working party turned up undernourished (9)

24a

Ace cracking second iron strongbox (4)

26a

Keen to gamble, choosing other member of bridge team (5)

27a

Rained freely, swamping spot in water conduit (5-4)

28a

Hear about the ultimate in fashion (6)

29a

One fools eleven in Berlin without considering others (2,6)

Down

1d

Idiots succeed in exam, switching two components (4)

2d

Source of disappearance: large, marine but mysterious? (7,8)

3d

Fixed equipment like blotting paper, not soft (8)

4d

17 Celsius tops scale (5)

6d

Fruit tree father planted around a yard initially (6)

7d

Imprisoned regularly, I'm free at last at the critical moment (2,3,4,2,4)

8d

Study drinking venue in article with little substance (10)

9d

Energy completely visible in current? That's what you experience (4,4)

14d

Regulator intended to get rid of a perplexity (10)

16d

No upturn in work on magazine, maybe: number twelve (8)

18d

Casket enthusiast will identify wood (8)

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21d

The setter is brought in by new staff for hunter (6)

23d

Medic bristles, looking haggard (5)

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25d

Page abandoned unfinished when penning article (4)