Times Cryptic #27860

2020-12-29

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Across

1a

Mythical creature in loch captured by heartless city police (7)

5a

Squirm awkwardly around a nobleman (7)

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9a

Beer delivery outside a stag do activity? (9)

10a

A lady leading the European Union? See you in France! (5)

11a

Group of spies mass surreptitiously? (6,7)

13a

Nick writing tip by a liberal, one with unusual tastes (8)

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15a

Food processor from Yemen, unfortunately with unknown content (6)

17a

Miss start of couple broadcasting (6)

19a

One leaving someone on standby to search endlessly for battlefield? (8)

22a

Chicago, perhaps, takes charge of game (7,6)

25a

Giant brown boxes appeal (5)

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26a

Reportedly lift fabric that's abrasive (5,4)

27a

Ladies and gents associated with city in a vague way (7)

28a

Regularly chopped ferns and oaks, say, for starters (7)

Down

1d

Mafia leader's way of raising the tone? (4)

2d

Deep red lips engaged in deception (7)

3d

Procedure over involuntary movement of the eye (5)

4d

What's often depressed after a period? (5,3)

5d

Harry plants last of mint (6)

6d

Reposition soldiers on island, for example moving north (9)

7d

Responsibility leader ignored to admit I ignited gas, perhaps (7)

8d

Partner on TV making an instrument (7,3)

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12d

Perhaps waste copper's time infiltrating phoney pearl scam (5,5)

14d

Naivety of establishment at some point concealing church (9)

16d

Search me roughly for fine material (8)

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18d

Up-and-coming knight, German fellow, is a dish! (7)

20d

Lake with a few houses is graceful (7)

21d

Brilliant Germany gutted to accept defeat (6)

23d

Small piece of land isn't available? (5)

24d

Railways cut on a regular basis, regrettably (4)