Times Cryptic #28381

2022-08-29

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Across

1a

Son remains in band (4)

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3a

Following a lot of hounds that snarled (10)

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10a

Register a player in the French clubs (7)

11a

Get agitated with return of dry theatre (7)

12a

Amongst geese too unruly to upset a person (3,8,4)

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13a

Queensberry's third point about Oscar being no shrinking violet (6)

14a

Feeling ecstatic about connection with Newton (8)

17a

Enliven home with whisky, say (8)

18a

Problem about pet entangled in partition (6)

21a

Not the first way of working with navy school (9,6)

23a

What's often found in pub with no round left fit for drinking (7)

24a

Horse arrives with one before queen's runner (7)

25a

Astute nuclear lab supplants power at the heart of CND's aim (10)

26a

Article I have dismissing English fiction (4)

Down

1d

Bright spark with special point of view (7)

2d

Magnificent reservoir finished up unserviceable (9)

4d

Caught participating in obviously contrived game (6)

5d

Never written out? (8)

6d

Where men go sweeping (6-3-5)

7d

Gloomy over river (5)

8d

Husband not much at home (7)

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9d

Concubine circulating with salon? That's not right (14)

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15d

Give out Surrey's latest after another short boundary (9)

16d

Capital head pulse (4,4)

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17d

One new drink I had is flavourless (7)

19d

Country's leader working during protest (7)

20d

What constricts prey though often going empty (6)

22d

Mentions summons (5)