Times Cryptic #27626

2020-03-31

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Across

1a

Stern advocate to retire (4)

3a

A delightful spin which makes a point (5,5)

10a

Managed to applaud heartless cowboy (7)

11a

Fruit is mostly loaded with nothing inside ready (7)

12a

Wildly remonstrated with pet shop (10,5)

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13a

Primate's Mass being performed by principal (6)

14a

Judge dispatchedfor this reason start of hearing is cancelled (8)

17a

Not a word! More ruddy office equipment (8)

18a

Gym fanatic consuming a source of protein (6)

21a

Why union's not gone ahead with opening of semipro arrangement (6,2,7)

23a

Observe ghost, about to move to the front (7)

24a

Dish not often seen nibbled (7)

25a

Rambler, say, with nothing much to write home about (10)

26a

Nice parent? Pure and simple (4)

Down

1d

Way to screw up irksome state (7)

2d

One lifting lid or roof briefly upset Frenchman (3,6)

4d

Plate from church overlooking city (6)

5d

Toy teaches French also (5,3)

6d

Inclusive deal hero broadcasts (6-3-5)

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7d

One climbing the walls is up, not bad and constant, say (5)

8d

Exceptional leave I declined joining the Sappers (7)

9d

Kind class cheer reprinted novelist (7,7)

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15d

Vain and noble, otherwise impossible to sustain (9)

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16d

Hack concerned with one who handles things in hotels (8)

17d

Clear manager finally dismissed over order to quit the hard stuff (5,2)

19d

Support others in place of article in story (7)

20d

Hope to keep to the end a garden shrub (6)

22d

Relieved being let out without cap (5)