Times Cryptic #27104

2018-07-31

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Across

1a

Cut off as required, keeping curled hair (8)

9a

Root finally cracked Belgian concrete (8)

10a

Contradiction in terms that's unacceptable (1,3,4)

11a

What an unkind person swallows, being boozer (8)

12a

Gong sounded to an extent intrusive (10)

14a

Whiskey taken before degenerate conduct (4)

15a

Something deceptive about valley turning a shade of green (7)

17a

Duke socialite introduced in club lost money (3,4)

21a

Play concert with introduction deferred (4)

22a

Straight over table (5,5)

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23a

Fiction that has Scandinavian girl run in undergarments (8)

25a

New article popularsuch fine material (8)

26a

Burnt fragments have reddish colour (8)

27a

Star relinquishing power gives snarl (8)

Down

2d

Syrian neighbour curses in shelter (8)

3d

Rogue artist defending the episcopal dignity (8)

4d

Onset overlooked in unspecified health problem (4)

5d

Intoxicant more than Olympian consumes (7)

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6d

Incurable as warhorse cut in middle of winter (10)

7d

Stubborn alumnus expected to harbour traitor (8)

8d

Building workers dividing opinion (8)

13d

Activist in port feeding dreadful race row (3-7)

15d

She takes wheel in traffic queue (8)

16d

Hard-skinned alien creature coming from below (8)

18d

See leader once said to be corrupt (8)

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19d

Disallows screwdriver, say, used by supporter in pub (3,5)

20d

Senior woman settled with money invested (7)

24d

Daughter in torment at last finds means (4)