Times Cryptic #27130

2018-08-30

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Across

1a

Cocktailspecial quality about it (6)

4a

Solid start in heat hampered by second group (8)

10a

Great thinker, realist struggling to assimilate religious text (9)

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11a

Medium brain, say? (5)

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12a

Where my gravestone will be placed under no circumstances (4,2,4,4)

14a

Three-quarters loaded onto empty lorry, relatively light (5)

16a

Romantic intro by a male composer is buoyant and fragrant stuff (9)

18a

Borders down, cross familiar Irish county (9)

20a

A little move by a militant to the left, perhaps? (5)

21a

Sweet kid the girl shut out (7,7)

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25a

Wings of harpy, hundred and four tails, a monster (5)

26a

Acquire evidence of debts without interest (9)

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27a

Extra brought to the table by beauty joining party (4,4)

28a

She wrote detective stories, they declare (6)

Down

1d

Marked low, a poor singer (10)

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2d

Liquid in pitcher unfinished, extra in glass? (5)

3d

Venerated item toyed with in bed, turned over (7)

5d

Animal at altitude by the sound of it exhausted, needing air initially (5)

6d

Gear box (7)

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7d

Cheese, very old, in European creamery's basement (4,5)

8d

Container smelt when lid removed (4)

9d

Fast finish of Red Rum stuttering, where career of racehorse ending? (4,4)

13d

Complaint when first love meets close family member (10)

15d

Sensible grass skirts made a comeback, reportedly? (9)

17d

Monk heading for Cairngorms in check, Scottish peak further north (8)

19d

California city sure to bag a win (7)

20d

A river flooding nation with a disease (7)

22d

Pack members in fits (5)

23d

Hand warmer's good warm feeling (5)

24d

All kicking off, the hoodlums unfortunately swearing like that (4)

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