Times Cryptic #27893

2021-02-05

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Across

1a

Acknowledgment hard bread must be sent back (3,3)

5a

Rehearse chapter at start of Thessalonians during worship (8)

9a

Vicar's adequate stipend? (6,4)

10a

Times has often run leaders as "The Thunderer" (4)

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11a

Giant man comes in to pour tea without hesitation (8)

12a

Stand for body keeping our people in additional employment (6)

13a

Half of capital being lost is a nuisance (4)

15a

Don't budge, being too drunk to stand up? (3,5)

18a

Got nurse cooking large fish (8)

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19a

Modest offering from overseas university: English (4)

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21a

Nothing missing from a different part of plant (6)

23a

Boy quivered, intermittently showing filthy greed (8)

25a

Sort of glass construction in the sea (4)

26a

It gets people mixing cocktail ingredient right into tumbler (10)

27a

Physicist's unusually strong backing graduate receives (8)

28a

Reasonably decide to reverse charge, one set in stone (3,3)

Down

2d

Assistant keeps son out of the way (5)

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3d

Examiner buttons lip for a term (9)

4d

Homer perhaps with good information about Odysseus's origin (6)

5d

After exercise, painful, take top off lotion for such lovely skin (7,3,5)

6d

Sharpness was effective cutting very fine line (8)

7d

A pastoral letter: some felt it useful (5)

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8d

One chirping adds some weight to conversation (9)

14d

Building work noise dealt with next (9)

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16d

Just over three foot channels, note, are direct (9)

17d

More white people in the leading position before (8)

20d

Electrician is avoiding risk in baths (6)

22d

God takes a long time turning over ancient city (5)

24d

Fountain: in it tossed up clergyman (5)