Times Cryptic #27841

2020-12-07

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Across

1a

Relaxed having lowered pulse (8)

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5a

Escort vessel taking line through ducks (6)

8a

Schedule this month one absolutely fixed (3,2,5)

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9a

Cut force at work here (4)

10a

One great shot in the box by American player (7,7)

11a

Recalled trap set in identical puzzles (7)

13a

Vehicle on the move delivers seed (7)

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15a

Exemption from having to cross ebbing river (7)

18a

Plump female kindly news boss engages (4-3)

21a

Surgeon (RN) abroad worked for homely philanthropist (6,8)

22a

Panel gives old man nothing (4)

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23a

Laughing uncontrollably following theatre visit? (2,8)

24a

Feel genuinely sorry about gym's charge (6)

25a

One's found stunning spotat city's limits? (3,5)

Down

1d

Escape into valley and remove unwanted coat (7)

2d

Bank and Temple man held inside before (9)

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3d

Stolen meat comes to philosopher (7)

4d

Goddess, second one, encountered sun god rising (7)

5d

Something fruity from novelist gone into by censor (9)

6d

Indian state holds new star losing head in cabin (7)

7d

Girl having endless success getting in with US lawyer (7)

12d

Champion making an essential point about game (9)

14d

Very slight force fluctuating in the raw outside (5-4)

16d

Irish channel securing opera about to broadcast (7)

17d

Bound to suffer defeat after short dash around (7)

18d

Well-heeled wife in the pink having lost first husband (7)

19d

Moonstruck in a cult after processing (7)

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20d

Makes casual visit to bishop restricted by medical condition (5,2)