Times Cryptic #27174

2018-10-20

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Across

1a

One spouting about companion frequently (8)

5a

Pack skimpy garment to cover middle of torso (6)

10a

One dipping into US writer, inferior author (9)

11a

Head over for a knees-up (5)

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12a

Foxtrot, lively dance, short and uninhibited (4)

13a

Tip of asparagus removed before mixing with English vegetables (5,4)

15a

What sounds like wrongdoings by people, on leaving US city (10)

17a

It's OK for Bordeaux to supply sparkling wine (4)

19a

Facility's rent reduced by pounds (4)

20a

Writer's appearing in short TV sequence: Name Of A Poet (10)

22a

Planned to have kid kept back after school (9)

24a

Perform song on piano (4)

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26a

In revolution he died a certain western hero (5)

27a

Feeling cold Irish veg should be dished up around noon (9)

28a

Country property in Virginia, say (6)

29a

One study about keeping bird in cage? (8)

Down

1d

Bluebottle on bottom of Barbary ape (4)

2d

Prepare to speak about king, having rewritten a short note (5,4,6)

3d

Learner turfed out by newly acclaimed teacher (8)

4d

Explorer gives address, forgetting first letter of road (5)

6d

Port's illegally obtained, boozer admitted (6)

7d

Look down in the mouth, perhaps, for language test (4,11)

8d

Start to go astray, crossing land in shiny coat (5,5)

9d

Cow just getting stuck in swampy ground (8)

14d

Easily understood tax in account: I will get billed regularly (10)

16d

Brief requirement to fence off borders for some Asian folk (8)

18d

Be endlessly pleased, cooking cheese (3,5)

21d

Least likely to work, namely after imbibing litres (6)

23d

Worker in night club and pub supplying spirits (5)

25d

Characters in carriage driven over the hill? (4)

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