Times Cryptic #28280

2022-05-03

Solve on Times →

Across

1a

Bess's mate quietly quits unbridled love-in (4)

3a

Cheap product that reflects one snug home in river (10)

9a

Gospel turns on church body (7)

11a

Flimsy paper kept in folder (7)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Evergreen tree somehow hides each stage performer (4-5)

13a

Mock group running football at city university (5)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Motor club's loco controller (6,6)

flowerflowerflower
18a

It helps Browning saluting on behalf of king (8,4)

21a

Urge lady of the house to scrap first two tablets (5)

22a

A Republican ready with large cold port (9)

24a

Current game finishes early (7)

25a

Draw a time-consuming flyer (7)

26a

Trio's playing beside small lake that has a spit (10)

27a

Indicate area circled by hands (4)

flowerflowerflower

Down

1d

Stuff concerning payment given to duke (8)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Jokes about juvenile Romeo's Sunday best (4,4)

4d

Former slave the Spanish must have smuggled outside (5)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Old queen's new hat, half lowered, that is raised outside (9)

6d

Pole, Frenchman, colonist and soldier (5,8)

flowerflowerflower
7d

After overture to opera I put in part for songster (6)

8d

Cross with one representative of this cricket side (6)

10d

Agrees enough's converted into methane maybe (10,3)

flowerflowerflower
15d

Strip down poor piece finally about conservationists (9)

16d

Surfers enjoy this band (4,4)

17d

Outline Klee's absurdly fashionable style (8)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Second mole eating daughter's creepy-crawly (6)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Concerned with tense series of courses (6)

flowerflowerflower
23d

Doctor abandons fight with current mammal (5)