Times Cryptic #26949

2018-01-31

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Across

1a

Councillor keeps coins out of circulation (6)

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5a

Search and take from island for armed soldier (8)

9a

Gay arrest traditionally undertaken by women (4-6)

10a

Dodge Oscar in Strand (4)

11a

Virtually useless, I've dropped out (2,6)

12a

Edison with eccentric characters working for same goal (6)

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13a

In Scotland, divine drop of essence added to bath (4)

15a

Wary learner gets stuck into jumbo after six (8)

18a

Commiserated as Tory Party came first (8)

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19a

Come across notes, second turned over (4)

21a

Sportsperson who might make pounds? (6)

23a

Coins with wrong edging recalleddisorder results (8)

25a

Tool for trimming notices picked up (4)

26a

Cross Yellow River to the west to make complaint (7,3)

27a

Save to join forces, pocketing rupees ruthlessly (8)

28a

Good man killed after reversing railway vehicle (6)

Down

2d

Step down, freeing son to take command (5)

3d

All those running after train in northern city (9)

4d

Hot fruit loaf, only one left (6)

5d

Weight ratio needs revision in Einstein's theory (8,7)

6d

Leave hard-water deposit beside provincial lake (8)

7d

Narthex possibly housing public displays (5)

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8d

Skipping gap between two articles on church (9)

14d

Food bound to be consumed by traveller under pressure (9)

16d

One taking off criminal on parole grabbing maiden (9)

17d

Caller troubled guards in charge of minister (8)

20d

Union men originally supporting place to drop off rubbish (6)

22d

Contrasting temperatures worry trickster (5)

24d

Once a key constituent in vote opposed radical youth at first (5)

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