Times Cryptic #26961

2018-02-14

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Across

1a

Officer's plan again to retreat (6)

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5a

Tribe has bewildered language expert (8)

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9a

Looked at team getting embarrassed after trick (10)

10a

Island for the nobs featured in back issue of periodical (4)

11a

Reduce something bloody, having got back in time (8)

12a

Endless chatter around a fellow's clubs (6)

13a

Sheep runs that may hold water (4)

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15a

This person is probing your old-fashioned food content (8)

18a

Poet's line, one on compassion (8)

19a

Bed or mattress? It may be found in here (4)

21a

Affected by bugs, get cold after first day of month (6)

23a

Melting tarmac starts to restrict some vehicles (8)

25a

Magical power of weaver in story spoken of (4)

26a

Priest and French actor performing? It's uplifting (10)

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27a

Base establishedcycle around it? (8)

28a

Perversion is admitted by unfortunate male (6)

Down

2d

Pole's few lines of poetry (5)

3d

Sure to be upset following party conversation (9)

4d

Spoke favouring reformnot Conservative (6)

5d

Several faiths TV represented in a religious celebration (7,8)

6d

Short chum sits on meadow, squashing one plant (8)

7d

Strong tastes, first to last, creating uncomfortable feeling (5)

8d

Trader giving one artist supply (9)

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14d

With something large in the environment, lose out completely (9)

16d

Resolved to restrict cold with health-giving ingredients (9)

17d

Inscribed within church window maybe see knight (8)

20d

Love appearing in underwear in funny shows (6)

22d

Traffic needs to speed up heading for Edinburgh (5)

24d

Cheats and criminals caught out (5)