Times Cryptic #27973

2021-05-10

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Across

1a

Line of troops in action (6)

4a

Raids sit uneasily for those like Ann Frank (8)

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10a

Shelves that you might put in wardrobe (9)

11a

A believer in hi-tech industry (5)

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12a

Blooming British abandoning fight (3)

13a

Complexity of speech on European research facility (11)

14a

Monstrous female, noted Liverpudlian you say? (6)

16a

On leave, this writer's becoming unruly (7)

19a

Figure Penny has fake army ID (7)

20a

Improvement that will take you to next level? (6)

22a

Time to meet composer, a nice chap who'll get your tickets (6,5)

25a

Proust only occasionally finding time for sexual activity (3)

26a

Old folk freeze at home in retirement (5)

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27a

Old man given £1000 twice a year (9)

28a

Tsar's egg addled, leading to complaint (8)

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29a

Quite mean to eclipse Republican (6)

Down

1d

An attempt at seduction? I don't believe you! (4-2)

2d

Hurry back, seizing government vehicle (6,3)

3d

Gloomy bishop opening church bazaar? (5)

5d

You'll end up suffering, as undertaker might put it? (3,4,7)

6d

Tries to interrupt football team's practice (9)

7d

A function I must host in desert (5)

8d

Splurge when in Paris at end of June, visiting sister (8)

9d

Rent dockland garage in secret (5-3-6)

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15d

Sleeping topless can be awkward (9)

17d

Singer doing well, joining Queen perhaps (9)

18d

Second USA trip fresh in the mind (8)

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21d

Take care, sweetheart (6)

23d

Article Time's written about the O2? (5)

24d

Perhaps Elizabeth I's governess having change of heart (5)