Times Cryptic #28271

2022-04-22

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Across

1a

One may make a record cover for listeners (6)

4a

The setter tucked into pieces on dog's dish (4,4)

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10a

Dance ace eclipsed by chief star (5,4)

11a

River bank encircles European city (5)

12a

Let go of peach or biscuit or banger (11)

14a

Leaves 25 per cent off rent (3)

15a

Perhaps bills of swans seen in river (7)

17a

New dog's taken off lead to play casually (6)

19a

Rodent or sloth accepting painful condition (6)

21a

Strike back before number making complaint (7)

23a

How overcrowding very annoyingly starts in cells (3)

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24a

Ring, one given good knock by extremely heavy or refined hand (11)

26a

African back from Zoot Suit Riots (5)

27a

Heard of maybe Bohemian couple's last move (9)

29a

Violently sticks egg inside cuckoo nest on tree (8)

30a

Region suffering neglect (6)

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Down

1d

Knocked back wine plugged by European expert (8)

2d

Blogger hasn't time for puzzle (5)

3d

Occasionally bestial character in Antigone, perhaps (3)

5d

Dissolute rake, donning layer, is to pay heed (7)

6d

Patient person ignoring current, trendier gossip here? (5,6)

7d

Gold coin pocketed by top royal correspondent (9)

8d

French opera with finale from Messiaen (6)

9d

The majority of extra alcohol is spirit (6)

13d

This may be because criminal, with fake emotion, takes in judge (11)

16d

Each year, group of bigwigs hosts a ceremony (9)

18d

Many changing cutting edge broadcast for satellite (8)

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20d

Suffering one back spasm is wrong (7)

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21d

Novelist from France's main housing trouble (6)

22d

Last bit of smoke I see rising in steamy place (3,3)

25d

Art institution's communications palaver (5)

28d

It stores gallons, say under a thousand (3)