Times Cryptic #27953

2021-04-16

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Across

1a

Disappointed expression of Finn, perhaps, aboard vessel (6)

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5a

Turned up companion wearing murderous brother's cloak (8)

9a

Shetland island qualified as rocky (8)

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10a

Filter problem (6)

11a

Doctor on leave gets dope from Australia (6)

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12a

A talk hosted by leader in sport (8)

14a

When embarrassment becomes evident, initially? (2,5,5)

17a

Unsubtle alternative to the key ingredient in fried fish, in metric weight (9,3)

20a

Blooming Conservative in clear (8)

22a

Relative value not nice, odd bits thrown away (6)

23a

Candlemas to Lent, not entirely hot (6)

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25a

Tailored fragments for pagan (8)

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26a

Something to deal with in hospital delivery (3,5)

27a

Strain loading contents of short chest (6)

Down

2d

Eager to get area in country evacuated (6)

3d

Cargo ship carrying quality plant (11)

4d

Lend setter, for example, audio equipment (9)

5d

Examiner with case of coursework entering lift (7)

6d

Component with unknown function (5)

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7d

Mock swimmer (3)

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8d

Endless exercising beneath onewhat's the alternative? (8)

13d

I hand over beer in metric weight for African challenger? (11)

15d

Two spells of illness, between which a complete shift (9)

16d

Stick a short gun in more efficiently when sawn-off (8)

18d

To split hairs can upset something ground-breaking (3-4)

19d

More than one wood ending in gunwale carried by 15th-century ship (6)

21d

Spirit in bottle in Egypt arising (5)

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24d

Pitch black: zero light initially when getting up (3)

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