Times Cryptic #27818

2020-11-10

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Across

1a

Annoyed about one insect in pastry (9)

6a

Abandon urge to follow Democrat (5)

9a

Be uncomfortably hot over getting quite stripped down in this? (7)

10a

Fuel putting out no heat and just the first hint of light (7)

11a

Parasite given heroin by old doctor (10)

12a

Lead killing the last pair of river birds (4)

14a

Fast hit I had wanted (5)

15a

Previous erratum to be corrected in returned English page (9)

16a

Pull up an oak, perhaps, reportedly for wooden flooring (9)

18a

Old ship with nitrogen gas (5)

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20a

Infant born during recess (4)

21a

Offensive when company replaces one for seeking advice (10)

25a

Under control around cold ski slope? (7)

26a

In central Java, Jock saw odd box tree (7)

27a

Practical arrangement of Haydn (5)

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28a

Utterly like a road being repaired by engineers inside arch (9)

Down

1d

What has origins in Celtic rural Wales, traditionally heard? (5)

2d

Flowering potatoes, say, to appear out of the earth (7)

3d

Brilliant author in academic setting I dismissed (10)

4d

Ancient cave to which enchantress is reduced (5)

5d

Attempt to imprison every queen could be this (9)

6d

Where one will find Qataris party hard: answer _____ (4)

7d

Cover provided by EU and NATO repositioning around November (7)

8d

Welcome little new for traditional occasion (9)

13d

Sweet to shoot big cat for current king in Zaire (10)

14d

America, say, abolishing cents quietly to put out another version (9)

15d

One's rapt afresh with saint and angel (9)

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17d

Clean what could be venerated mosaic cross here with due care (7)

19d

Scowl in dreadful shot (7)

22d

Parking under high cliff and steep bank (5)

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23d

Magnificence of head of grey parrot (5)

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24d

Small-scale revolt ousting character in Athens (4)