Times Cryptic #26989

2018-03-19

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Across

1a

Like GBS, brought up to keep a lot of drink in quarters? (11)

7a

Old crone's coarse tobacco lacking substance at first (3)

9a

Irregular rule a girl violated (9)

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10a

Pulpy food rejected always at university (5)

11a

Composer run into in hospital area (7)

12a

Governor's girl displaying coarse fabric (7)

13a

Board engaging medic in Eastern States (5)

15a

Knocking back most of the drink, pine throughout dark hours (9)

17a

Model chap, one sent out to produce copy (9)

19a

Stratagem old magistrate employed to trap duke (5)

20a

One covers crumbling ruins with hesitation (7)

22a

I enthuse endlessly about tucking into granny's casserole (7)

24a

Conflict interrupting commercial settlement (5)

25a

Rascal caught accomplice dipping into booty (9)

27a

Consider senior cleric's responsibility (3)

28a

Hotchpotch of salmon pie in port? (11)

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Down

1d

Agent involved in spying? It makes you sick! (3)

2d

At which place heroin used to be around (5)

3d

Way to stop nearly half of 20's hostile attacks (7)

4d

Dispatch English composer unknown in Irish town (9)

5d

Contact a companion about being on top (5)

6d

Carefully place silicon in store (7)

7d

English novelist pronounced on poet's boldness (9)

8d

Woman politician covering northern village where elopers once wed (6,5)

11d

Female child-minder reportedly profits, ignoring one's roguishness (11)

14d

Support for men only available ultimately behind the scenes (9)

16d

Good to get involved carrying about fruit (9)

18d

Listener originally lambasting sixties youth over title (7)

19d

Cultivate head of dogwood the first lady cut off (7)

21d

Adhesive substance son squeezed into part of tack (5)

23d

Break top off hand tool making spiked wheel (5)

26d

Atlantic state's supplier of heat and light (3)