Times Cryptic #27185

2018-11-02

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Across

1a

Utter speech hoping to sell skill with notes (8,5)

9a

Dishonest part of family in Genoa (5)

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10a

Fruit containing date's pith, covered with colour regulator? (9)

11a

Busy with letters about 500 serving staff (10)

12a

Plug hole's rims accept variable pressure (4)

14a

Coercion getting church to replace queen and noblewoman (7)

16a

One with ocular singularity has operations on endless rotation (7)

17a

Maybe harvest more than in rocky spot (7)

19a

Knocking out West Bromwich, playing in diamond formation (7)

20a

Italian official returned for one binge with ill effects (4)

21a

Help as Brie deteriorates, being this? (10)

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24a

Pink people addicted to driving? (9)

25a

What offers support for female opera star's first half? (5)

26a

Radical in uncontrolled movement keeping apart two Conservatives at odds (13)

Down

1d

Rallying cry as mate almost lets next person deal? (3,5,2,4)

2d

Go around clubs banned from turning tricks (5)

3d

Fruit began going bad in truck (10)

4d

Perhaps queen's consorts and host in drinking tribute lowering glasses finally (7)

5d

Statesman-like, still keeping Oscar fired up (7)

6d

2 sounding like twice that (4)

7d

Love curry? This food store also has eggs (9)

8d

High official confidence in time to stop UN hardliner (14)

13d

Yield malevolent creature nabbed by agents over suffering at high levels (10)

15d

Unconditional truce's ending between kitty and corgi, in disarray (9)

18d

Film director with no good cut is top in Rank (7)

19d

Prevailed, though apparently snubbed again, or overlooked (7)

22d

Evidently vote against party (5)

23d

Wife wears cool light brown (4)