Times Cryptic #27176

2018-10-23

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Across

1a

Club redeployed subtle means to move campaigners (9)

6a

Split blades (5)

9a

Understand a minimum of government file (5)

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10a

Hit head (6,3)

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11a

Having stolen kiss, on camera, ma fiddling with kilt! (11,4)

13a

Run through gardens before accessing sacred hollow (8)

14a

Strong liquor: relative's also knocked out by a pint, initially? (6)

16a

In a state, I'm surprised current nation has squandered millions (6)

18a

After U-turn, a top politician procrastinating (8)

21a

Fractured no more, I care to protect bone, whatever happens (4,4,2,5)

23a

Evergreen song by artist breaking Chaucer's heart (9)

25a

One's plotted revenge, primarily, in break with French at last (5)

26a

Meeting fate, male serf (5)

27a

Being obscene about right, comic insisted (9)

Down

1d

Heading for bar, make eyes at spirit (5)

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2d

Right policy with which revolutionary is splitting room (11)

3d

Mathematician to overtake doctor (7)

4d

Rockers, perhaps old, getting plastered? (8)

5d

Top marks repeated in match (6)

6d

Bottom of bag has more spare, one gathers (7)

7d

A journey back (3)

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8d

Unlicensed bar, getting tip to stop the drink, suddenly emptied (9)

12d

A m-monkey, say, with caged beast getting loose (11)

13d

One teaching a pig, possibly, to catch large snail (9)

15d

Shape is round about a square (8)

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17d

A vessel containing mostly lush fruit (7)

19d

Weapon transported to the north in carriages safely (7)

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20d

In the Bible he hunted game with stick (6)

22d

Character reference fraudulent, with no truthfulness, all concluding (5)

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24d

Trouble when leader vacates post (3)