Times Cryptic #28386

2022-09-03

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Across

1a

Old entertainer, firm attraction, returning after Christmas (4,6)

6a

No heart for precipitous measure (4)

9a

One severely criticising prison (7)

10a

Having stopped working, have ease (3,4)

12a

Facing group of pupils, old master holding large book (5,5)

13a

No score, even from Anfield (3)

15a

Wife that is fatter than anyone? (6)

16a

Undue praise of cook, drinking coffee (8)

18a

What business makes: a small pie (8)

20a

Quickly throwing spider, say, into river (6)

23a

Stay close to tailless mammoth (3)

24a

A leaderless gathering of troops heading off sudden attack a success for France (10)

26a

Red coat tailored, 1930s style (3,4)

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27a

Inside deck very warm, so celebrity wants to make it snappy? (5,2)

28a

Floor with a new riddle (4)

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29a

Extremely pitiable hush, in which thousands at firstdie of this? (10)

Down

1d

Curious how patsy becomes a soft touch (4)

2d

Made it possible to lift key curse (7)

3d

Arrive almost full of emotion, and sort of leave (13)

4d

Valuable question about fragment (6)

5d

Intensify colour, nothing blue strangely (8)

7d

Easily beat teenager, no guts and light weight (7)

8d

Perhaps fine tree one spotted in the field (7,3)

11d

Local list of those to be saved in speech on revolution (9,4)

14d

Cane applied to part of body: up and down it goes (10)

17d

Keen to play with toyseverything depends on it (8)

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19d

Series of races run say over a dry area (7)

21d

Put on the ground, drop off (3,4)

22d

Second to be arrested by base tyrant (6)

25d

Programs announced in recess (4)