Times Cryptic #27797

2020-10-16

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Across

1a

Record article you haven't normally got a clue about (9)

6a

Stripper removing the last item: where it could happen, legally? (5)

9a

Work out? People who do this probably won't! (7)

10a

Roll is getting dry on the outside: I'd recommend dunking (7)

11a

Put up fare (5)

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12a

Diversion vital, it's impressed on PC (6,3)

14a

Spelling system that uses first half dozen letters (3)

15a

Twice a year new driver sets out for historic part of Italy (5,6)

17a

Close, around lunchtime, small joint (2,4,5)

19a

Female at the time needing to lose weight (3)

20a

Stick with short answer: you could be in the doghouse there? (9)

22a

Totter backwards, avoiding a married uncle or brother (5)

24a

Spaniard maybe in East London semi, soon to move (7)

26a

Two posh male guards deliver something metallic (7)

27a

Is foolish to finish with Times publication (5)

28a

Religious congregation highly impatient after failing to be heard (9)

Down

1d

Little brother wanted a cousin to show up (5)

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2d

Gather fight is what Bunter was always going to? (7)

3d

Play Pole out of position with English amateurs (9)

4d

"Grand total to decrease?" they report sensationally (6,5)

5d

Finally wave bye bye and go out (3)

6d

Like a lavish meal, but with no starter to relish (3,2)

7d

Perhaps some tests, etc, especially for handling strain (7)

8d

Clock and TV close to mantelpiece? Indeed possible (3,4,2)

13d

Party with its share of famous guests? (11)

14d

Manage to get on part of bed (9)

16d

Frustrating, with grant having been adjusted (9)

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18d

Bombed, if ordered up initially to attack (3,2,2)

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19d

Carrying an unpleasant smell, another's banned from table tennis (7)

21d

Irish town you might have been in first? Oddly, no (5)

23d

The French department giving a few extra marks (5)

25d

Passes round Kansas (3)