Times Cryptic #27804

2020-10-24

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Across

1a

High-flown sort of duck losing tailit's flapping about (9)

6a

Witness, at the start, a return of colourful bird (5)

9a

Continuous period in charge of some letters (5)

10a

I manage papers! Wowed? (9)

11a

Being short of water initially hard for female (7)

12a

Cut current, restricting theatrical events (7)

13a

Go through cases, then happen to find novel (7,3,4)

17a

Animator has gap to fix in dreamlike sequence (14)

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21a

Letters make opening of conversation academic (7)

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23a

Possibly one who narrowly escapes cold, with radiator (7)

25a

Where one bravely takes misfortune, conscious it may provide a service (9)

26a

One takes a bowgirl pretending to be a boy (5)

27a

Figure I had rejected a fool (5)

28a

Requests one to leave a nice, secluded part of garden (9)

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Down

1d

Serving women made from Adam's rib (8)

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2d

Chew lots, swallowing some number (5)

3d

Unity at home full of love: give me a squeeze! (9)

4d

Order of list corrected in article (7)

5d

Turner puts lid on brown (7)

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6d

Puppy at first washed daily (5)

7d

Policemen shoot as retort, perhaps (9)

8d

Get back and think again (6)

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14d

Helping with party, working out expense of protecting house (9)

15d

Encrypting files gave minimum concealment (3,6)

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16d

Fine description of Quidditch? It can reasonably be attacked (4,4)

18d

Headings of analyst's ring binder that should shed some light (3,4)

19d

Teach me to develop into a hacker (7)

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20d

Was quick to take in a chapter, leaving gaps (6)

22d

Mild curse when having to keep following bank order (5)

24d

Spine damaged, put in hospital (5)