Times Cryptic #26865

2017-10-25

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Across

1a

Defender returned to usual position? (4-4)

6a

Pickle to grate for container (6)

9a

Travel report for Japanese game (6)

10a

Leader of Bolshevik womenor crazed reformer? (3,5)

11a

Office worker of note, one sitting in house (4)

12a

Shortage of decent cells with migrants slowly escaping? (5,5)

14a

Bogart film, something that opens slowly (3,5)

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16a

The Central Line in E London has eleven stops (4)

18a

Vessel that's empty picked up by mistake? (4)

19a

Some mocking hosts repelled European girl (8)

21a

In place of repartee, was sitting wrapping present (5,3,2)

22a

Sound shocked when doctor comes round (4)

24a

Nude pictures of an Archer are OTT: I'm rattled (8)

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26a

Sort of home? Not there (2,1,3)

27a

Working uniform, black (6)

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28a

Relieved lover no longer exhausted, missing one (8)

Down

2d

Recall some returning from trek overseas (5)

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3d

Bouncer's long walk round ship (11)

4d

Fare's going up after month in German town (8)

5d

A joker, initially, took care, using awfully rough sentences (8,7)

6d

Maybe doing better than warring faction of German yesmen? (6)

7d

Drinker finally overcome by mother's ruin (3)

8d

Native area suffered without a single soldier (9)

13d

Trailer in Welsh county possessed by one travelling light (7-4)

15d

Come home, through Slough for example (3,6)

17d

Outor still facing the bowler? (2,6)

20d

One going to market on foot? (3,3)

23d

Wind in southern plain, mostly (5)

25d

Rag and bone (3)