Times Cryptic #27304

2019-03-21

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Across

1a

Surface of river reflected man in garden (7)

5a

Role of Charlton police after soup stolen from bordello (2,3)

9a

Secret boozer with beer, half-cut (5)

10a

Fermenting juice isn't wrong (9)

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11a

Stick around, and ultimately you'll achieve celebrity (7)

12a

Tear about Long Island with a dependent (7)

13a

Reportedly rejected everywhere (10)

15a

Drove female mad at last (4)

18a

Carve sides of elegant church (4)

20a

Play with mates until very late (4-6)

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23a

Touching delicacy on fiddle (7)

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24a

Backsliding setter's packing trunk for drug dealer (7)

25a

Learning of nude riot, I panicked (9)

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26a

Tease short bloke very loudly (5)

27a

Iron resolution possessed by private secretary (5)

28a

Order wine for relatives (7)

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Down

1d

Enormous characters in gym, on steroids (7)

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2d

Charlie regularly decries Birmingham thinker (8)

3d

Doctor Kildare finally trapping medical equipment in zip (5)

4d

Maori just breaking hearts? (5,4)

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5d

Simply sail off in case of emergency (6)

6d

Capital extremely tense after cold weather (7)

7d

Lived and died on edge (5)

8d

Ivy signs letter whose contents form word picture (8)

14d

Despondent Scottish football team heading away from Wick (9)

16d

Anil perhaps heard to choke on jam? (8)

17d

Means to suppress report (8)

19d

Carpet originally came with guarantee (7)

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21d

Close-fitting garment giving rise to bother in university (7)

22d

Makes different V-sign (6)

23d

Read out tawdry tweet (5)

24d

Law of Swiss state banning introduction of tariffs (5)