Times Cryptic #27286

2019-02-28

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Across

1a

Church abandons whim to create popular resort (5)

4a

Quietly supported by act protecting western water plant (8)

8a

Surprisingly to us, a man spurns a rise in Greece (5,9)

10a

Tucking into ham, soldiers respond too forcibly (9)

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11a

Material for gloves taken to court by English (5)

12a

Prehistoric relic sons wrapped in metallic sheet (6)

14a

Libyan port's endless mist absorbed by boy soldier (8)

17a

Knight dined in airport in sumptuous manner (8)

18a

Big gun given position in Albert Hall (6)

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20a

Rope-maker's sibling briefly linked with notorious gangster (5)

22a

Everyone's in debt keeping lab working: it's permitted (9)

24a

Can, and reportedly used to, clean in German town (8,6)

25a

Nit-picking fellow going into favourite lines (8)

26a

Dainty swimming aid used by the Spanish (5)

Down

1d

Do least well: stop taking malt extract containing sulphur (4,3,5)

2d

Break assistant initially employed touring the States (5)

3d

Court order Bury police overturned on time (9)

4d

Design upset person painting flat (6)

5d

In Newcastle, popular liaisons: they were once described as naughty! (8)

6d

Rugby club used to be pretty successful at first (5)

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7d

Elated over German worker supporting former partner (9)

9d

Food shop transformed by caste in Leeds (12)

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13d

Way a person goes about with first bit of Southend rock (9)

15d

Sort of rock cake cooked by elderly wife? (9)

16d

Jumper mostly sported at entrance to tyre plant (8)

19d

Good woman accommodating learner with pleasure (6)

21d

Liberal introducing novel proposition (5)

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23d

Hearty boatman's beginning to steer towards the wind (5)