Times Cryptic #28241

2022-03-18

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Across

1a

Pleased in the past with flowers round my person (8)

5a

James A Stone (6)

10a

Serving in women's clink: it is sort of character-forming (6-2,7)

11a

Support for climbing rose with pressure for second length before summer (4,6)

13a

Horse taking a long time over race (4)

15a

Canadian's box of beer, whiskey, old and fine used during trip (3-4)

17a

Fanciful female academic's claim (7)

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18a

Rail about large university's power (7)

19a

A distanced gestureas holding in anger is (3,4)

21a

Encountered one returning couple (4)

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22a

Ternocean's glory (3,7)

25a

Area: mountain road, long time closed, I book (1,7,2,5)

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27a

Involve volunteers in overturning occupation (6)

28a

Awfully base breaking in to dishonestly alter lawyer's record (8)

Down

1d

Emotional about clash over a state of India (7)

2d

Friend, in a major way (3)

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3d

Herald sure to be transported (10)

4d

Bank with millions? Pound, not pence (5)

6d

Like something stocktaking reveals? (4)

7d

British in a bad way under rank future legislation? (7,4)

8d

Right exit to turn back? (7)

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9d

A wee pest deforming garden plant (5,3)

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12d

In favour of tirade against underground being filled to bursting (11)

14d

Iron amulet needs resetting for gemstone (10)

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16d

Engineers note combine getting crop up again (2-6)

18d

Vessel's cook found in Providence (7)

20d

Narrow ridge over in southwest in the past (7)

23d

Scripture? There's tons in Koranic verse (5)

24d

Wine area with a lot of activity (4)

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26d

Party involving upper-class singers? (3)