Times Cryptic #28107

2021-10-13

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Across

1a

Box holds Great British key (5,3)

5a

Nobleman missing river's underground movement (6)

8a

Where to find tea plant (3)

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9a

PM no longer bluff, brooding antihero (10)

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10a

American can lie low, about to protect Republican (8)

11a

A centre back eats divine sage (6)

12a

Drink cold Guinness? (4)

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14a

Gallivanting abroad, I must get time with my work (3-7)

17a

Shakespearean prince wearing underwear in castles (10)

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20a

Dance in drag, delaying end of rumba (4)

23a

Trendy, not quite trendy, or affectedly trendy (6)

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24a

Jar with crow's foot in jelly (8)

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25a

Waiting on sauce for empty waffle (3,7)

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26a

Characters detained in Slovakian cells (3)

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27a

How week begins, with caviar for the president (6)

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28a

Arab in later years reversed narcissism (8)

Down

1d

One's skinny drink comes with wafer I arranged (9)

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2d

Performer, one who may draw applause at the end (7)

3d

Flame once right to stop boiling egg on (6)

4d

Even bits of Martha's elbow beaten black and blue (2,1,3,3)

5d

Dark vehicle borne by horse (7)

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6d

Put money on scrap, a fabulous contest (9)

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7d

Lives, I see, in cooler Iranian city (7)

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13d

Move friskily in a top with more attractive outside (3,1,5)

15d

On the drink, as a finger is drunk (9)

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16d

Return of a feeble boat touring a Pacific country (9)

18d

Turned to source of celebrity gossip for tragic tale (7)

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19d

Capital in recycling event being green (7)

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21d

Place to study cause of limping in fantastic beast (7)

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22d

One out of boredom penning English song (2,4)