Times Cryptic #28286

2022-05-10

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Across

1a

Dessert wine staff for example should return (10)

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6a

Count airmen attracted to gravitational pull (4)

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10a

Smile after tea shows anything but delight (7)

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11a

Vocalist missing intro holds note in number (7)

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12a

Doctor's Scotsman becoming first scientist (9)

13a

One bounding area between two American cities (5)

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14a

Start to tour the States taking in large city (5)

15a

Husband in danger back in times past in old region (9)

17a

We slither having to wriggle past (9)

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20a

Group ends talks that have only started after a month (5)

21a

Man's mistake: arithmetic presumably dropped by learner (5)

23a

Really full wolves maybe to have misgivings we hear (6,3)

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25a

Simple man's abandoned without pity (7)

26a

Header missed in game after trial for Roman defence (7)

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27a

Perhaps 750 grammes some amount where hops dry (4)

28a

Nobel prize-winner here begins novel (10)

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Down

1d

King leaving reinforcements in Lancashire town (5)

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2d

Flower thoughtless Hindu god sent up (9)

3d

Clown is already prepared for Henry VIII role (8,6)

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4d

Regular payment: some should cover night in Paris (7)

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5d

Good old surgeon showing sparkle (7)

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7d

Endless trouble recalled about a style compared with rap (5)

8d

Business area with people beginning to thrive. Heavens! (9)

9d

Makes sense with load put through stone when working (6,2,6)

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14d

Brussels politician carried in rescue boat rides here (5,4)

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16d

Present doctrine reworked to impress university (9)

18d

Dead end that is restricting motorway progress (7)

19d

Thrills lover no longer mentions (7)

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22d

Length adding to value in clawed animal (5)

24d

In these skimpy knickers host shows no resistance (5)

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