Times Cryptic #26880

2017-11-11

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Across

1a

The Bull accommodates males; it offers a wide variety of terms (9)

6a

"Message received", say men turning right (5)

9a

Sick relation deficient in a vitamin (7)

10a

Flat containing tons of sole (7)

11a

Complete upper-class eccentric catching cold (5)

13a

Physical County players taking on Madrid team (9)

14a

Anguish of judge with facial hair (9)

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16a

Extremes of invidious pedantry in word game (1,3)

18a

Second of seeds chokes half-cut parrot (4)

19a

Try to stop dissipation of anaemic narcissist (9)

22a

Terribly acned lad left ballroom (5,4)

24a

Muscular worker perhaps content to abandon family (5)

25a

Join retired and oddly torpid musicians of distinction (7)

26a

What guards privacy of endlessly corrupt scoundrel at first (7)

28a

Class of individuals banned from CIA site (5)

29a

Hit me (6,3)

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Down

1d

By way of the short and not so short grass (7)

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2d

Consume case of aquavit after end of marriage (3)

3d

Gloss paint regularly disposed of and recycled at one time (8)

4d

Finally consider Samuel's teacher Charlie a bit of a saint? (5)

5d

Queen enthralled by Orpheus, odd person with special powers (9)

6d

Grounds crossed by areas once (6)

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7d

Threaten to go out and steal drug for waif (11)

8d

Meeting supporting sport in the countryside (7)

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12d

Vow to put on ruffles beneath cape, and suspenders, in closet (4,7)

15d

Incisive way to bring issue to light? (9)

17d

Dull WI member perhaps joining English party (8)

18d

Tender skinned tailless rodents prevalent locally (7)

20d

Longing to tuck into kind of sugar and spice (7)

21d

Amiable chap with feet of normal size (6)

23d

Doctor and I don't know what to say after colonel turns up (5)

27d

Bother leader of anarchist party (3)

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