Times Cryptic #26993

2018-03-23

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Across

1a

Powdered fruit tablets, first couple taken last, swallowed by champion (8)

5a

Roughly where mother picks up pup to get a snack (6)

10a

Micronesian hero adaptable in any circumstances (4,4,2,5)

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11a

Old Arab king behind time with American exhibitionist (7)

12a

Cook crumble crust for holiday visitor to Oz (7)

13a

Keep gasping about the man's divine collection (8)

15a

Trouble with old lady's inflexible views (5)

18a

Subgroup of oligarchy enabling predator (5)

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20a

Satie mistakenly rounds on downbeat composer (8)

23a

Pours dry type of wine over sink (7)

25a

Dance recalled in church with similar origins (7)

26a

Reports of shots (15)

27a

Hill-dweller trapping deer pulled back chain (6)

28a

Cases of pastry rise: nice automation from a range (8)

Down

1d

Author off the booze, hiding last three bits of it (6)

2d

Light coverage of US city politicians duped earliest of electors (9)

3d

Criminal charge overturned and conviction not completed? Sweet! (7)

4d

Check for what kicks off uncivilised youth (5)

6d

Nancy's from big country to the north: I must leave with composure (7)

7d

Crooked law's introduction fills in the act (5)

8d

Celebrity turns introducing actual generic sort (8)

9d

Distil studies into solid form with a point (8)

14d

Labour a long time to dress one glam band up (8)

16d

Note interpolated by Flaubert, maybe concerned with taste (9)

17d

Pace restlessly, crushing rustic seed (8)

19d

Give permission to mobile tool to do roaming (7)

21d

Sore winner perhaps elected to be annoying (7)

22d

I'm not sure Mass held by boy is what's heard in church (6)

24d

Lack of acceptance underlies small gesture of defiance (5)

25d

Some knitwear to suit an eccentric? (5)