Times Cryptic #28187

2022-01-14

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Across

1a

King had this made specially for crossing river (5)

4a

Craft should go round Scottish lake to find border (9)

9a

Small Liverpudlian singer inspiring in tango? Just a little (9)

10a

Tribute nicely written about saint (5)

11a

Complete religious work in Ireland (6)

12a

Check when coming aboard earlier vessel (8)

14a

Reactionary TV character bringing stone into converted flat (3,7)

16a

Portuguese saint imports good grain for pudding (4)

19a

Sort of red polish unknown (4)

20a

Nonchalant during escape, one ought to be strung up (5,5)

22a

Game in which Josh Billings initially behind bars? (8)

23a

Understated, it should be expunged from screen translation (6)

26a

Spiritual icon I see at last in Nebraskan city (5)

27a

Act to defend author penning nasty piece of work (9)

28a

Reported truce spread by degrees (9)

29a

Horse cooked in casserole wife chucked out (5)

Down

1d

Disastrous couple keeping son in poor state (9)

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2d

Clubs in correct order (5)

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3d

Like woman raising issue or unusually alert man (8)

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4d

Bird with raucous call not quite making channel (4)

5d

US violinist sectarians upset (5,5)

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6d

No calcium needed for spot cream (6)

7d

Labour Party not likely to split? (5,4)

8d

Metallica finally exits festival compound (5)

13d

Elusive Iberian leaders snarled up outside (10)

15d

Make note about time in cheese-producing region (9)

17d

New idea put into Bond, leaving book, getting better (2,3,4)

18d

Worst thing is to accept twin returning commendations (8)

21d

Burning a jacket king's taken off (6)

22d

Problem breathing arises where coating on pills removed (5)

24d

One article written about another Macbeth for example (5)

25d

Artist having lamb to start with after nil by mouth (4)