Times Cryptic #28248

2022-03-26

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Across

1a

One complaining sailor's lost time after telephone call (10)

6a

Burn hydrogen in vehicle (4)

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8a

Check back about unfinished pressing for author (8)

9a

Forgive lecturer chasing expected number on course (6)

10a

Feature of Vietnamese mountain cooking? (4)

11a

Production of tangerine in orbit without oxygen (10)

12a

Well-timed strength needed to grasp large fish (9)

14a

Small dispatch facility (5)

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17a

Goes from side to side in talk, attached to second person? (5)

19a

Hours trapped in tube and cars snarling up capital (9)

22a

Sheep fly far from stable (10)

23a

Superiority of golf club without tungsten (4)

24a

Nearly all cycle wearing current leisure wear (6)

25a

Concluded facts mostly were wrong (8)

26a

Ditch is dry, empty and retained with no point (4)

27a

Finished vacation with shredded tyrethis could be curtains (10)

Down

1d

Copper, possibly who became young partner of Pinkerton's (9)

2d

Add extra material to half of Wagner's Ring, perhaps (7)

3d

A new spirit rising concerning one Italian painter (8)

4d

Avoid old lorry between harbour and west, badly hit (4,2,5,4)

5d

Account of investigation, perhaps, is concerning Left (6)

6d

School monitor could be about to sit exam again, right? (9)

7d

Newtlike creature? Reportedly cull many on lake (7)

13d

Goes with Scrabble letter giving one a way in to game? (9)

15d

Modern coffeerecommended daily allowance unknown (6-3)

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16d

Left university unemployed, turning up to church optimistic (8)

18d

One's initial cause of regret about account's lack of clarity (7)

20d

Confirm what might be Arabs uncovered after death (7)

21d

Surfing centre of African country only 40 per cent built (6)