Times Cryptic #27108

2018-08-04

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Across

1a

Good to eat food after knocking back a drink (9)

6a

Graduate returned key that's packed up (5)

9a

Piece of music has encore to follow (5)

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10a

Wretched envoy clutching register prepared for a probable roasting (4-5)

11a

Discharges rents (4,3)

12a

Pair from Hampshire that shouldn't be dropped? (7)

13a

Widely dispersed characters from Oval help others batting (3,4,3,4)

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17a

Restraint from junior diplomats not having succeeded, time's added (14)

21a

Game official and others sent back balloon again (7)

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23a

Sea creature fed last of people on island (7)

25a

One-time prisoner avoiding judgment in Prohibition (9)

26a

Discrimination in annual meeting one's held (5)

27a

What makes a good barrier? Avoid a straight answer (5)

28a

Drug all jockeys catching a new type of fever (9)

Down

1d

One's own special rum (8)

2d

Spare part finally listed (5)

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3d

True love dancing with husband within sight of Paris (3,6)

4d

Rocket part made by South African with East German investment (7)

5d

Facial hair I flog for audition (7)

6d

Stranger on vacation in Bath turned up broke (5)

7d

Dreadful old hat daughter's thrown out not entirely repellent (9)

8d

Doctor still nursing son, extremely dehydrated (6)

14d

Dismal, like ever-recurrent problems? (4-5)

15d

Marshal keeping seamen en masse further back (9)

16d

Flag officer's base aboard ship (8)

18d

Moderates rising in government initially feeling the heat (7)

19d

Country gents with something to sing about? (7)

20d

Disagreement among speakers for non-standard type of delivery? (6)

22d

Raise a smile in morning service (5)

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24d

Wheel starts to turn wildly in opposite directions (5)