Times Cryptic #26959

2018-02-12

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Across

1a

Unusually fab, iconic name for a series (9)

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6a

Gone to get a meal from an Italian? (5)

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9a

One corrupting prophet ensnares French noble (7)

10a

Half the rally place advert for passengers (7)

11a

Heading for London, group is trouble (5)

13a

What's lab beaker if mistreated? (9)

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14a

Widespread disturbing pain vexes (9)

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16a

Burden of working with America (4)

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18a

Attempt to keep old system of weights (4)

19a

Left making improvements, removing black text (9)

22a

Nearly run over brownish-grey butterfly (9)

24a

Pop concert books joint (5)

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25a

Ancient religion's home is in Jamaica (7)

26a

Good film for an actor: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, say (7)

28a

Courteous man entertaining English author (5)

29a

Drug agent is suspect plant (9)

Down

1d

Split with female's certain (7)

2d

Shoot mate in Chicago (3)

3d

What attracts smokersnearly ten outside one small building (8)

4d

What some substitute for chocolate over cutting sugar, perhaps (5)

5d

Like wet weather to increase, making river into lake (9)

6d

Father on the continent imports British wig (6)

7d

Present flags in support of squadron's foremost flyer (4,7)

8d

Formal speech where one usually sleeps (7)

12d

Belief in lie after drink is taken (11)

15d

Where Douglas is stirring semolina with force (4,2,3)

17d

Iron is hung all over the place in a Chinese system (4,4)

18d

Mug finding something amusing about British prison (4,3)

20d

Conjecture about origins of the latest chicken (7)

21d

String player needing no book for help (6)

23d

Young fish always around loch (5)

27d

Reduced price for lettuce (3)