Times Cryptic #28260

2022-04-09

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Across

1a

Announced shopkeeper's earner, (also not so nice or little!) (7)

5a

Nothing in set of clothes is wasted (3,2,2)

9a

What to do with envelopes, each carried by different postmen? (5,4)

10a

Coin that was rectangular? Normal shape for coin! (5)

11a

Summer featured days on the turn, shorter (5)

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12a

A lot of wine with curryby chance, neither finished (9)

14a

Writers were emotional, upset by US jails (4-6,4)

17a

Game had by for example snowboarders (3-2-3-6)

21a

Source thus claiming government department's in fits (9)

23a

Chap roughly repelled bloodsuckers (5)

24a

Sounded thrilled: and so to the end, off and on (5)

25a

One prompts backward solicitor: speak! (4,2,3)

26a

Peninsula that might be Burmese poking into a bit of China (7)

27a

Drink, uninteresting, altered internally with spice (7)

Down

1d

Gossip is good when appropriate (6)

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2d

EU minister opening function turned up late (7)

3d

Helping person out of Asian tram (9)

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4d

Almost the whole nation cast out again (11)

5d

Private's pained expression, close to exhaustion (3)

6d

What bit possibly can be over by Thursday? (5)

7d

Exhausted state of female on drinking spree? (7)

8d

Dynamic economy initially is right to reform (8)

13d

Yummy sauce something recommended less for kids these days (3-8)

15d

Working out what dockers might have done (9)

16d

Yankees involved with sports plot with agents (3,5)

18d

Vivid reaction from drunk after endless Merlot? (7)

19d

Sugar drop about to take effect (7)

20d

Flamboyant if unattractive topless hosts it's understood (6)

22d

Film about day centre (5)

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25d

Function that could be deadly? (3)