Times Cryptic #28174

2021-12-30

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Across

1a

We're told the fellow's going to part of Oxford? (4)

3a

One smashing image representing lions and cat without company (10)

9a

African native bloomer on the banks of one river (7)

11a

Papers about arrangement for sitar or recorder (7)

12a

Tenet of millenarianism will have faded, for example (6,7)

14a

Different water temperatures crossed by returning river boat (5)

15a

Endless words to acclaim a hollow rockery's little flower (9)

17a

Word just in recent science fiction hit (9)

19a

It means getting more bread that's flatter, not soft (5)

21a

Rope and anchorage at sea for expert there (13)

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24a

Kid catching punch in the gut in English town (7)

25a

I expect complaint: university with old teacher's regressing (2,5)

26a

Thought about Hattie's exterior, with a proudly displayed bust (10)

27a

Cardinal, say, is back holding a letter-opener (4)

Down

1d

Like top execs, canned following dishonesty (4-6)

2d

Unpredictable scoundrel housed in Morecambe? (7)

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4d

Queen caught by group of stars and hit artist (9)

5d

Russian girl after pinching a Republican's bottom (5)

6d

French construction line pocketing one juicy cut (13)

7d

Variety star wanting covers for piece of music (7)

8d

Bear child, mother's fifth (4)

10d

Jazzy riffs absorbing to guitar person just getting a record? (5,8)

13d

Printer's extremely testy stare maintaining order (10)

16d

Current character in Greece, mostly affable Greek princess (9)

18d

Acting like a hound, seeking romance round female (7)

20d

Clad like Elizabethan gent seizing uniform, the company's own (2-5)

22d

What I might be in series from television, in theory (5)

23d

A riddle with no conclusion? Pull the other one! (2,2)