Times Cryptic #27183

2018-10-31

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Across

1a

Singer not allowed to be heard in transmission of sorts (8)

5a

Mate excitedly clutches extremely useful trinket (6)

10a

Question master in quiz broadcast between Greek and Italian men (5,10)

11a

Model Charley and Pat constructed (10)

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13a

Function of heads of state in Near East (4)

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15a

Front torn off, making alterations to decorative fabric (7)

17a

Like colour of North African city, grey? Not right (7)

18a

Wife wants absolute guarantee (7)

19a

Escorted solicitor round old fair (4,3)

21a

Detective frequently spotted in school canteen? (4)

22a

Entreat her, nastily intimidating one (10)

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25a

Perky neighbour in a street in south coast town (6,2,1,6)

27a

Yikes! No turning back for statesman (6)

28a

Close friend frequently mislaying ring before journey (5,3)

Down

1d

Husband noticed gossip standing up in laundry (7)

2d

Country with no popular resort (3)

3d

Maybe one moving round capital city gets the bird (10)

4d

Fool suggesting somewhere to eat in Times Square? (5)

6d

Somewhere to eat in Times Square (4)

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7d

Drop in property rental is disappointing (7,4)

8d

Dry, short reference penned by politician (7)

9d

Publish a book in anger (3,5)

12d

Notice of delivery agreement: I prematurely terminated one (11)

14d

Kid coming in to consider employment as story-teller (10)

16d

What new school must first do to make progress (3,5)

18d

Geezer extremely wary about fish smell (4,3)

20d

Storm cone atop completely borderless city (7)

23d

One way to dispose of European dog (1-4)

24d

Here we gobreathing with difficulty, lacking energy (4)

26d

Article you once left incomplete (3)