Times Cryptic #27974

2021-05-11

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Across

1a

Social worker crosses very large slope (5)

4a

Lover once noisily kissed soldier perhaps in the club (9)

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9a

Traditional conservative girl I ring endlessly (9)

10a

New piece of ground that's acquired for buttons (5)

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11a

Briefly covet short story about strong guys in green (13)

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14a

Flog city's hotel (4)

15a

Nonconformist publican's gift? (4,6)

18a

Spies among Latinos oddly withdrawn (10)

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19a

Slight advance traps knight (4)

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21a

Battered bangers turn over hoarding where flag is (4-2-3-4)

24a

Elliptical old poet handling love (5)

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25a

Current period ordinary citizen avoids initially (6,3)

27a

Warship restored after tangling with bow of yacht (9)

28a

Rake around good non-standard plant (5)

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Down

1d

A lot of US money resting on film juvenile collecting Oscar (10)

2d

The sixth article's going through (3)

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3d

Polish way to draw in circles (6)

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4d

Odd volume next to English books in Morecambe? (9)

5d

Healthy food that's often taken by nurses (5)

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6d

Whitehall edifice not cheap to refurbish (8)

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7d

A firm imports chopped vegetable with increasing speed (11)

8d

Having put up fitting, chuck it down (4)

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12d

One in six stops making appearances (11)

13d

Fellow bishop breaks deadlock (10)

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16d

Eg rubber dinghy catches cat after end of race (9)

17d

Orcadian maybe is left with her, heading off (8)

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20d

See regulation about importing old plush stuff (6)

22d

Restless in Berlin, I start to yawn, nursing temperature (5)

23d

Firm gets rid of one exchanged for cash (4)

26d

24 eastern goods (3)