Times Cryptic #28376

2022-08-23

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Across

1a

Superior unions collectively back strike (8)

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5a

A father secures power to rise to a great height (6)

8a

Knight's half of republic's capital (3)

9a

Part of the world suggesting it's Anglo-Saxon? (6,4)

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10a

Need to leave almost leaderless business (8)

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11a

Colourful English Times involved in hearing (6)

12a

Part of city starts to slag off Home Office (4)

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14a

Outstanding male feature's very soft in water (5,5)

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17a

County charity's first to go broke (4-3-3)

20a

Gambling centre where pound note's gone west (4)

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23a

English sides swallowing one team's panacea (6)

24a

Scholars of 50 briefly repeating themselves? Not on! (8)

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25a

Green militant with energy to bully a bishop downing port (3-7)

26a

Brown belt strains here and there (3)

27a

Pressure monk to preserve small part of vessel's contents (6)

28a

A carrier on building site cuts short time in plant (8)

Down

1d

Sends rude novelwith such illustrations? (9)

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2d

University in lead is first in Hungary to pen large issue (7)

3d

Regret hosting thousands on king's vessel (6)

4d

A foreign action keeps police in two minds (9)

5d

Possibly infinite series of language lessons (7)

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6d

Look round a course? Not in this! (3-6)

7d

Soak with Asian money the result of error in court? (7)

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13d

Horrible old chest holding new debtor's notes (9)

15d

Fit one wool supplier up, touring classy island (9)

16d

Soppy book about island on line (9)

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18d

Source of crude painting in good health (3,4)

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19d

Perfect state of Irish victor housed by granny (7)

21d

Staged revolutionary Hamlet, say, and suchlike inside (7)

22d

Want costly article reduced (6)

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