Times Cryptic #28239

2022-03-16

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Across

1a

Composer's three notes hard to follow (4)

3a

Horse is straddled by femaletop rider (10)

10a

Local drink's consumed a great deal (7)

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11a

Leonard shot Mexican bandit once (7)

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12a

Goods train operator no longer fine, I hesitate to say, with speed in commuter area (11,4)

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13a

Needing drink, son pops out to get three by ten? (6)

14a

Drug habit in sport (8)

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17a

Asked to remove case and reveal secret contents of closet? (8)

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18a

Setter expecting parcels (6)

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21a

Option gone into by new student? (9,6)

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23a

A current number, note, recalled old French colony (7)

24a

Blue clay almost turned white (3,4)

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25a

Islands involving revolutionary in trade agreement reflecting (10)

26a

Small child's manoeuvre on bike? (4)

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Down

1d

Stay, being prepared with bib? (7)

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2d

I say wine brought about the onset of indigestionvery acidic (9)

4d

Wanting answer from country (6)

5d

Was very upset about deer eating large spruce (4-4)

6d

Immature university lover depended on changing (14)

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7d

Handheld device that indicates high acidity? (5)

8d

When ascending, never attempt astronaut's manoeuvre (7)

9d

Damage vessel going about on sea: right way to test the water? (6,8)

15d

With a spell on ship's security detail (9)

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16d

Breaking into shopping centre, both put away for a long time (8)

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17d

Gets very angry about resistance groups (7)

19d

One with a point; debate's beginning to become aggravated (7)

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20d

What with cold, or temperature going up, producing lozenge (6)

22d

Old-fashioned sort of climbing gear, half gone mouldy, ultimately (5)