Times Cryptic #26886

2017-11-18

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Across

1a

Legendary wizard acted as guide (6)

4a

Nice way of saying that cap restricts inheritance (7)

9a

Left needing wash after breakfast, perhaps, sluggish (5)

10a

Listened, with answer to follow fast approaching? (4,2,3)

11a

See nursing filmby hospital department, obviously (9)

12a

Pensioner: a kind, withdrawn, accommodating woman (5)

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13a

State such food should not be eaten in (2,2)

14a

Thus desires to accept blame for being bad loser? (4,6)

18a

Put flat for sale that's initially given valuation (10)

20a

Dark fiend off and on getting close? (4)

23a

Ruling dripping with mendacity at heart (5)

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24a

Eat: start on tongue (6,3)

25a

Things are getting animated in The Bull, perhaps (5,4)

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26a

Final stage of publication covered by satellite (5)

27a

Stray ad appearing originally in the Sun (7)

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28a

Took constitutional risk, heading off Democrat (6)

Down

1d

One rasping advice: about time to find less harmful fag? (6,3)

2d

Trouble Heather's got making the last post? (7)

3d

This palace would need piano for Yankee and son to make record (6)

4d

Give and receive stick (5)

5d

Doubt about Wapping journalist's bad treatment? (8)

6d

Medicine and tablet you stop using? (3,4)

7d

Base for car makersbut not for mathematician (5)

8d

No shortage of fabulous help with rota (8)

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15d

Wine and last of beer that is had with spirit drink (8)

16d

Did arias, maybe, getting rid of alternative being composed in conservatoire? (9)

17d

Boater getting pardon after craft's capsized (5,3)

19d

Best attempting maybe to hide article in office receptacle (3-4)

21d

One unlikely to pass legislation on filling empty landmark up (4-3)

22d

Metal rings act, traditionally, as protection for one (6)

23d

Stag party, maybe, upset by female on the loose (5)

24d

Leader of House, one asking too much of Speaker (5)