Times Cryptic #27167

2018-10-12

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Across

1a

Goal minders do it (6)

4a

Rank alongside aphids, ultimately, as parasites (8)

10a

Sort of tall beast that's kept in cellar? (5,4)

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11a

Assume that one judge must visit French city (5)

12a

Dashed busy? (9,5)

14a

What was taken from Samson and Lot (5)

16a

Grabbing armband, collecting pants (9)

18a

Something said to be complete, note, within one (9)

20a

Inadequate person finally found new life, some job (5)

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21a

MCC aim: come repeatedly for batting average abroad (5,2,5,2)

25a

Covered on the inside with wrinkles (5)

26a

Girl fashioned garland, almost new (9)

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27a

Further comment, often too complicated (8)

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28a

Beef, for example, from across the pond or canal? (6)

Down

1d

Course books containing sign of error troubles publisher (6,4)

2d

After first of January, one's having to live in digs (5)

3d

Mild Liberal getting stick all round (7)

5d

Pan perhaps necessary for recipeteriyaki? (5)

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6d

Green light's extinguished: then sleeps (4,3)

7d

Fair distance beyond home? Wrong (9)

8d

On the way out, I dispatched award (4)

9d

Resistance fighter trained in Sparta (8)

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13d

Helicopters from Richmond bringing winning team perhaps to the Oval (3,7)

15d

Duck excessively short tackle (3,4,2)

17d

One used to call a contact, briefly, before work (4,4)

19d

Raced round like a loony, after a fast time (7)

20d

Director finally accepted Zola and his article (2,5)

22d

Space traveller wasn't the only one to get in contact? (5)

23d

Turn out fine in the end: I'm out of Casualty (5)

24d

Scandinavian of note is visiting (4)