Times Cryptic #27165

2018-10-10

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Across

1a

Kitchen device to ruin plumbing fitment (10)

6a

Item is piano tune (4)

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9a

Hell surrounding Biblical city seen by an austere religious follower (7)

10a

Note cut linesjoin again? (7)

12a

Herd straying and straying? Don't follow it (3,7)

13a

Something that swoops near the ground, head right back (3)

15a

Stop last of dodgy group of settlers (6)

16a

Exciting about Conservative (not Republican) taking a broad view (8)

18a

Marine marker left by second person returning after start of month (4-4)

20a

Nothing quartet recalled about old instrument (6)

23a

Servant, giving one away, cracked (3)

24a

Healthy as a pampered inmate? (2,4,4)

26a

Threatening to have party for graduate suffering grief (7)

27a

Brand of motor ending in remote display area (7)

28a

Line chest for a bit of fun (4)

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29a

What you get up to in the way of tweeting (4,6)

Down

1d

Party leaders in politics expect information (4)

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2d

Most of certain area offloading millions of unusual paintings? (7)

3d

Hunter perhaps reset gin, with transient opportunity for observation (8,5)

4d

One guards small number of competitors (6)

5d

I creep about, going after each listening device (8)

7d

6 ceding power left transport hub (7)

8d

Original shell of confectionery recreated in sugary coating (5,5)

11d

Crumbling Gothic remnantit's something of an attraction (8,5)

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14d

Representation to go upway to attract Liberal (5,5)

17d

Upset record number entering target country (8)

19d

Fine supplier of puzzles, overlooking first one cheating (7)

21d

Varnish nearly all fine material? Question stopping short (7)

22d

Usual trick, hiding ring and military medal (6)

25d

Communiqué given no time in part of military base (4)