Times Cryptic #27958

2021-04-22

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Across

1a

Shy personnel pull boxes (5)

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4a

Unsound female arrested by copper wasting time (9)

9a

Troops surrender in a slump (9)

10a

Film about love is soppy (5)

11a

Show contempt for rejected literary extract (6)

12a

Where to drink in a piece of history in China, say (8)

14a

Somewhat plump? Consuming gallons is justified (4-8)

17a

Offering resistance that's set in stone (12)

20a

Perceptive faculty this person mentions audibly (8)

21a

He's learned a vehicle's parked in street (6)

23a

Block informal address in French language group (5)

24a

Put a certain slant on It girl saving lives (9)

25a

Eleventh-hour hold up, with day getting long (4-5)

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26a

Silly person's accommodation in a state (5)

Down

1d

Refuse to twist neck (4,4)

2d

It might cure shakes, a case in Lancet (4,4)

3d

Cleaner whips a gun out, wanting £51 (7-2,6)

4d

One clad in blue ascending stage (4)

5d

Tot has trouble around new digital feature (10)

6d

A motion picture's released using modern tech (15)

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7d

Wintry object in cold here the Parisian seizes (6)

8d

Online ad perhaps lacking nothing to be inviting (6)

13d

Muslim, say, not entering second job (10)

15d

Encroachment sailor oddly admitted to leading? (8)

16d

Praise hot drink ingested by youngsters in school (8)

18d

Place for testing gun turned up, it's said (6)

19d

Clear over crime, backing court activity (6)

22d

Auditor's store for funds (4)