Times Cryptic #28195

2022-01-24

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Across

1a

Singer initially helping worker in Anglican Church ritual (9)

6a

Upbeat aircraftman in borders of Paraguay (5)

9a

A northern girl at university in old French province (5)

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10a

Dandy inspiring neatness in business statement (9)

11a

Being dull, I celebrate converting road to precinct (15)

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13a

Aggressive salesperson? Spooner's fixed her (8)

14a

Milk supplier crossing river leaves container, perhaps (6)

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16a

Comeback concerning civil wrong (6)

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18a

One hangs about French department, ready at first to pen note (8)

21a

Phlegmatic master in Devon, extremely upset when disturbed (15)

23a

Girl with capacity to contain anger about such mischief (9)

25a

Family strife involving Republican psychoanalyst (5)

26a

17's brother originally rearing flightless birds (5)

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27a

Motel site sporting evergreen shrub (9)

Down

1d

Church member keeping a prize boxer, perhaps (5)

2d

Poster girls (two, we hear) ultimately tried and judged (11)

3d

Supporters mostly rely on directions (7)

4d

Remove load from hanger-on in a Parisian retreat (8)

5d

Listener's problem demanding attention with chopper, briefly (6)

6d

Exact force, capturing City area (7)

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7d

Twisted-sounding grass (3)

8d

Kid's toy guns distributed with hesitation (9)

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12d

Cheeky brat in hospital department, inspiring regret regularly (11)

13d

Drover outside Brussels taking last of oxen beneath this (9)

15d

Unavailing product of Merseyside port's Society (8)

17d

Legendary twin's memory, extremely useful over in America (7)

19d

Weeping after end of strict dressing-down (7)

20d

A new dock in part of Northern Ireland (6)

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22d

Last financier finally leaving to invest (5)

24d

Initially achieving this writer's goal (3)

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