Times Cryptic #27112

2018-08-09

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Across

1a

Picked up Mob's store of money (5)

4a

Calm old representative retained by firm? Yes (9)

9a

Dress outside army technician's van in quiet place (5,4)

10a

Disrespect shown by loud, aggressive sort (5)

11a

Help politicians to follow virtuous book (4,2,7)

14a

Stuff knocked back is intoxicating stuff (4)

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15a

See Frenchman's housing in this? (4-1-5)

18a

Original sinner claiming saint is to preach (10)

19a

Don headgear: sombrero's back (4)

21a

Merchant keeping upright boss on track (13)

24a

Daggers sheathed in Nobel Institute (5)

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25a

Assess accounts of corrupt statesmen (5-4)

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27a

Speculation I rejected with fury as anathema (4,5)

28a

Red Sea round cape (5)

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Down

1d

Rank top athlete (4,6)

2d

Excited, one head of government going past (3)

3d

Recoil from media bigwig up on trial (6)

4d

Charge after pass for winger (9)

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5d

After a piece, leave tropical food (5)

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6d

Wrong step: I moved on less common routes (3-5)

7d

Close to you, swell man's inattentive (11)

8d

Scoff, with British retiring from defeats (4)

12d

Programme woman's included in broadcast film (11)

13d

Popular comic rated poorly (10)

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16d

Most of record hire for free (9)

17d

Country air taken in by doddery gran (8)

20d

Wanting drug, smuggled a bit for dirty money (6)

22d

The writer's drawn to men and women's feet (5)

23d

Public schoolboy half-cut? That's grave (4)

26d

Back in study, with head down (3)