Times Cryptic #27857

2020-12-25

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Across

1a

An entrance's variegated stones (6)

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5a

Unwelcome invader to stay in hoteltry to intervene (8)

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9a

Unable to move currently, journalist in the wrong (6,2)

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10a

Pollster's message of increased bitterness (6)

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11a

Plant a message to establish social distancing? (5-2-3)

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13a

Appropriate opinion (4)

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14a

Name for religious leader, holy American (4)

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15a

People accused brilliant workers? There's concealed purpose (10)

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18a

A love that's bad then good in authentic sort of film? (10)

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20a

Frost in December I'm expecting (4)

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21a

Match ending in magnificent victory (4)

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23a

Suggestion of big road race confronted by negative response (10)

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25a

Shelter Yankee in a poor part of Harlem? (6)

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26a

A condition for being carried by pallid bargee? (8)

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28a

Legs covered in grass got worse (8)

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29a

Repetition of extra terminal message (3-3)

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Down

2d

Maybe a Venetian doge in role mostly awkward (9)

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3d

Hits nailshard wood initially to penetrate (7)

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4d

Blue fish not caught (3)

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5d

Late in the day escaping from eg poison (5)

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6d

Without vetting ultimately, possibly guessing then? (5,6)

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7d

Nymph coming to life, having light refreshment in a marquee? (7)

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8d

Vehicle hit with its top shearing off (5)

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12d

Anna has twoLucy and Jane are among other possibilities (6,5)

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16d

Number cut by half, amount that can be ignored? (3)

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17d

Sorrowful about politician and other men as fly-by-nights? (9)

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19d

Ordinary sort of castle maybe for a knight to occupy (7)

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20d

Third-Ager on Scottish island (7)

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22d

Refuse a dish wife served much earlier (5)

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24d

Cut, or style, of broadcaster (5)

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27d

Bill is one sort of cricketer on the up (3)

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