Times Cryptic #28197

2022-01-26

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Across

1a

Do reduce your litter! (4,1,3)

9a

Machine chopped fruit that a human regularly bags (8)

10a

Standard, one consistently falling short (6)

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11a

Jack, with tyrant's role, taking time outmaking it permanent? (10)

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12a

Go free from Baltic? (4)

13a

Tips on weapons hardware, so varied (10)

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16a

1000, say; slightly more ones and zeroes (7)

17a

A quiet moment with the French chap behind the museum? (7)

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20a

Elders quietly replaced by trees next to railway (10)

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22a

Where cricketers practise catches (4)

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23a

Bloomer, with Latin stars receiving letter from Greek detectives (10)

25a

Evidently need oil pipe (6)

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26a

Link with Brussels bureaucrat so ruefully if partially recalled (8)

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27a

Poet's light, mostly obscene book (3-5)

Down

2d

Drive away reformed killer, perhaps, wiser after case dismissed (8)

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3d

What shoppers do after failure to find cooking ingredient (5,5)

4d

Capital made of gossipPC covered in shame (6,4)

5d

Day trip in need of whacking great deposit (3,4)

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6d

Jerk wanting nothing at first to do with loan request from Antony? (4)

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7d

Graduate getting zero on a stiff paper (6)

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8d

Gifts the first thing Santa has for picking up? (8)

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14d

Vague desire maybe to get husband for Yankee lady at last (5-5)

15d

Animated cow in garden to barge in after hesitation (10)

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16d

Force king to accept a top politician's charter (3-5)

18d

Low calorie helping reduced by a third, people learned (8)

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19d

Old sailor wearing light, tight garment (7)

21d

Come to a halt by front of pub in Ireland (6)

24d

Hintminorthat's dropped every so often (4)