Times Cryptic #28219

2022-02-21

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Across

1a

Question a couple of females about union leader's drink (5)

4a

Pirate English Queen associated with Scottish writer, we hear (9)

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9a

Like some legends making us turn a hair, surprisingly (9)

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10a

Old government department escaping from external rule (5)

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11a

Go back and surrender again (6)

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12a

Around in time, everyone gets tweet, perhaps (8)

14a

Discernible dip between islands, one revealed in legend (12)

17a

Colonel, possibly, writing about appeal for contests (12)

20a

Where holiday-makers may be affected by builder's plot? (8)

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21a

Vicious man who conspired with Capone, not American (6)

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23a

Dome-shaped house I travel over, crossing lake (5)

24a

Spiritless detainee visited by an Irish leader (9)

25a

Courier in eating-place served with green bananas (9)

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26a

Irritable chap digesting Times (5)

Down

1d

Quebec university coach framing a short stanza (8)

2d

Possibly a daughter bound by written contract (8)

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3d

Supporter of building establishment having a certain weight (10,5)

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4d

Bar on pitch sometimes jumped by miscreants (4)

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5d

Study Italian poet, adopting woman as recipient of secrets (10)

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6d

Barker publicised drink with little hesitation in German city (8,7)

7d

Lamb judge consumed ultimately with Hebrew prophet (6)

8d

Continue to fester, having row with the French (6)

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13d

Daunting activity on course, supporting cricket side (3-7)

15d

Left Burlington House with Italian painting, perhaps (8)

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16d

Small change invested in extremely pricey old stringed instrument (8)

18d

One's entertained by school managers, principally, in break (6)

19d

Underwear safely stored at first outside precinct (6)

22d

Musical chairs? Not entirely (4)

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