Times Cryptic #28254

2022-04-02

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Across

1a

Transport two horses, astride black animal (8)

5a

Like fare the Spanish offer English to return (6)

9a

Everyone scoffing salmon I caughtit's lush (9)

11a

Perhaps knaves is about right for these (5)

12a

Bread to crack when lunch may be taken (7)

13a

Show appreciation of thespian in capital part (7)

14a

Nobleman's relative holding page's shiny coat (6-2-5)

16a

Where e.g. Arabs may be penning story is not in doubt (13)

20a

Cat, cat or dog, or dog (7)

21a

One breaking out with keya whizz! (7)

23a

Impeccable performance no longer? (5)

24a

Mostly long drinks in all seasons (4-5)

25a

Place in which there's little flipping wiggle room (6)

26a

Corner-cutting politician admitted to going downhill (8)

Down

1d

Bishop was the head of church's local office (6)

2d

Bones with curves round area towards the top (5)

3d

Spooner's greeting character created by Homer from memory (2,5)

4d

Phone one lightly carries about with hostility (13)

6d

Wife wasting time on some current art provocateur (7)

7d

Number of deliveries bowled with it, rather poorly (5,4)

8d

Group shifting blame seen to lack answer (8)

10d

Disruptive chat woke flock's dominant member (4,2,3,4)

14d

Plot a feature grasped by couple (9)

15d

Someone in America's fair feature (3,5)

17d

Overturned hot vessel with most of that fuel? (7)

18d

Pair of horny males in coarse material (7)

19d

Salt dosage in need of amendment (3,3)

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22d

8th-century pope's a pioneer in quantum science (5)