Times Cryptic #27131

2018-08-31

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Across

1a

Pledge to block new bus lane is beyond disgusting (11)

7a

Trench one often had to drain (3)

9a

Time remaining after specialist vacated theatre area (5,4)

10a

Rubbish collecting for instance in pan (5)

11a

Nervous excitement children are in at bedtime? (7)

12a

The solvers no good, I hesitate to say: they won't get this! (7)

13a

Recalled fair sound of raven and cuckoo (5)

15a

Seal domestic encounter finally by a whisker (9)

17a

Draws one a plant (9)

19a

King of Tyre, from memory, greeting heads (5)

20a

Informally offering Desprez, Ziegfeld exhibits (7)

22a

See cracks appearing in displays of mutual affection (4-3)

24a

Increasingly wintry spot forecaster's mentioned (5)

25a

An anti-Nazi gathering expels one foreign national (9)

27a

Funny form of censorship (3)

28a

Pale woman's fixing familiar person with interest (11)

Down

1d

Unexpectedly goes for hikes (3)

2d

Fit and wellantismoker at heart (5)

3d

Herb's ego jarred with Nora (7)

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4d

Long hose: get it caught up in taps (4-5)

5d

Swallow fed dry sandwich (5)

6d

Starter of cabbage leaves baked in pastry on the way (2,5)

7d

Easily overcome reaction of disgust in alternative to Thatcher? (9)

8d

Opera's premiere mostly gets hammered (5,6)

11d

Awesome gas associated with singular manure (3-8)

14d

Boxing damaged finger of course, primarily (9)

16d

After a short butcher's knife with a label on (2,1,6)

18d

One miraculously raised a sprint briefly after endless idling (7)

19d

Force ace to quit game (4-1-2)

21d

An old artilleryman's casing initially too wide for one (5)

23d

One competed in green coat? (5)

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26d

Joiner, Pole, taking Thursday off (3)