Times Cryptic #27534

2019-12-14

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Across

1a

Steal nothing in S African player's wallet (10)

6a

Spot detailed product information (4)

10a

Criticise then serve a remedy (7)

11a

Waste a lot of time in US prison (7)

12a

Kid turning, runs away from alien one's spotted (9)

13a

King performing party piece (5)

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14a

Leaf disease initially increasing in volume? (5)

15a

Person to copy European fashion in turn (4,5)

17a

Reason sailor's back taking alcohol across isle (9)

20a

Wood dweller boring flyer, say (5)

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21a

Muslim more cheerful suppressing hesitation (5)

23a

Caught in corrupt place? It's doubtful (9)

25a

Fighter plane operator repeatedly an associate of thieves (3,4)

26a

Keen on new technology, storing right part for service (7)

27a

Was lacking in veracity, primarily? (4)

28a

Cope abroad, maintaining car without air-conditioning fault (10)

Down

1d

Made music using two tones around piano (5)

2d

Called in sick with temperature, being dimly romantic (9)

3d

Suffering alcoholic stage of ultimate destruction (14)

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4d

Builder's outside, less inclined to work deprived of large heater (7)

5d

It may be first spoken without much sound (7)

7d

Praise heathen having a change of heart (5)

8d

Was amorous rotter eating Japanese food? (9)

9d

Spontaneous bad punrubbish cracks made better (14)

14d

Prevent break behind ring in sink (9)

16d

Where learning is based on natural illumination? (3,6)

18d

Calm a mathematician's mounting ecstasy (7)

19d

Upset, this person enters bars lonesome, empty and sad (7)

22d

Racket tip one breaks (5)

24d

Dry bathroom walls in house for children (5)