Times Cryptic #28277

2022-04-29

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Across

1a

Victor, struggling with pesky rent, being this? (7-8)

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9a

Boast about French XI, first in Europe for a time (6,3)

10a

A party with sailors on deck (5)

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11a

Seafood requisitions taking months, not days (6)

12a

Better without clothing for race, one would agree? (8)

13a

Need large one, neat, to get drunk (6)

15a

Overused, of dubious merit now (8)

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18a

Replace spades, having finished with machinery (8)

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19a

A cuff you weren't expecting? (4-2)

21a

I get browned off, swamped by stories and dull speeches (8)

23a

Image from bible with A-rating (6)

26a

Spirit primarily cordial in houses backing onto one another (5)

27a

Sharp right turns in front of entrance (9)

28a

Where St Vincent, seeing snake, protected people, keeping lives secure (8,7)

Down

1d

One having turned up barman at first tolerated? (3,4)

2d

Engine's sound and very secure on ascent (5)

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3d

For auditors, generate an invoice in the form of a flyer (9)

4d

What can appear long until just before November? (4)

5d

Chinese city's restriction on books leading to offence (8)

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6d

One judge is up in arms (5)

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7d

A bargain in pink and blue (9)

8d

Few like such garments merely to be the first for wearing? (7)

14d

Pour tea to start: I must have mine to drink! (3,2,4)

16d

Match involving four old clubs is undecided (9)

17d

One coming before performances to record shows (8)

18d

Jump in fare after auction ends early (7)

20d

They'd ruin sea trip? (7)

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22d

Be able to broadcast under any conditions? (5)

24d

Sequence to work out (5)

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25d

French day centre's abandoned by Order of the Republic? (4)