Times Cryptic #28001

2021-06-11

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Across

1a

Trainee giving nitrogen to plant (6)

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5a

Risqué nature of playwright's succeeded (8)

9a

Denial duke takes House of Lords allowances, perhaps (10)

10a

Atom bombs? Ring for security (4)

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11a

Vacant Berkshire farmland is unlikely to be rejected (8)

12a

River in India, certainly (6)

13a

Punt ace, not the brightest (4)

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15a

Break's very warma record at the moment (8)

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18a

Volume of Poe needs a note for scholarly readers (8)

19a

Host is very foolish wasting billions (4)

21a

Country taking power from an older one (6)

23a

Semester, say, in which one may get to train (8)

25a

Cheese of fine character (4)

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26a

Scribbler's tattoos don't fade away? (3-7)

27a

A serving girl over in hotel, one carrying tea? (8)

28a

Island dividing traffic gets railing (6)

Down

2d

Disturbing sounds perhaps not at all lacking in watts (5)

3d

Former partner with company, one brought in to evaluate and criticise (9)

4d

Close Scottish bank set up in US financial centre (6)

5d

Dwarf with odd skin mostly raises family (15)

6d

Red woollen jacket, new key line (8)

7d

Not one check over migrant (5)

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8d

Where the Queen entertains most are to run round (9)

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14d

Gourmet's colossal waste ending in bin (9)

16d

Supplier of paper one artist ordered (9)

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17d

Metal vehicle carrying goods for street at one end of sports ground (8)

20d

Thrash metal involving right band (6)

22d

Trod water, perhaps, with one teacher (5)

24d

Overturn university marker over delta (5)