Times Cryptic #26987

2018-03-16

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Across

1a

Monkey beginning to descend tropical tree (8)

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5a

Exile foreign ruler possessing good English (6)

10a

Sleeper in tent with 150 flies around? You need this! (6,9)

11a

Drop litres in mouth before Christmas, when year's out (7)

12a

What may come with making me a lord (7)

13a

Some mathematical iterations, they ought to be learned (8)

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15a

Foul rubbish gathering at home (5)

18a

City's losing to Newcastle initially, bringing crowd together (5)

20a

Knocked back unknown gloop outside solitary drinker's study? (8)

23a

Dawning of new progressive movement (7)

25a

Novelist halved year's rest (7)

26a

Bucket contains rags dad recycled (4,4,3,4)

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27a

Serve without stiffness (6)

28a

Supports family making headwear (8)

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Down

1d

Patient sorting of silver, dividing incomplete samples (6)

2d

Revolutionary Soviet cum "capitalist" (9)

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3d

One isolated from Conservative Left entering new employment (7)

4d

Possible source of drugs turned up E's and whizz (5)

6d

Digger's long period in American's shed (4,3)

7d

Excessive desire to have browserGoogle's first up (5)

8d

Grounds for incarcerating one male judge (8)

9d

Cephalonia's interior is steamingget as far from the sun as possible (8)

14d

Renegade contessa finally set for the future without duke (8)

16d

Warm corner in valley by old well (9)

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17d

Boiling uniform with fastening sleeves (2,2,4)

19d

Design aid: tool for drawing street for page (7)

21d

Wash three articles from the Continent (7)

22d

Soul singer's lead part in Evita (6)

24d

Stint as captain stretching over months (5)

25d

Charming American uplifted by welcome (5)