Times Cryptic #28416

2022-10-08

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Across

1a

Intelligence of son, quietly in control (9)

9a

Irreverent academic, one from Scotland (7)

10a

Anxious about most of Cornish town (7)

11a

Permission to cut Charlie out (5)

12a

Oddly, one anti-beer gets drunk (9)

13a

Shelter engulfed by river: global warming? (7)

15a

Dismembered body thus placed on hill (5)

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17a

Afghans are so dangerous! (5)

18a

Northerner must have change of heart, don't you think? (5)

19a

Saw twin daughters embracing unmarried friend (5)

20a

Madman having a brief moment on the moon, you say? (7)

23a

Claptrap broadcast about European fruit supplier (9)

25a

Have babies with housemaid perhaps (5)

27a

Laugh about women's gossip (7)

28a

Recount sadly ending in defeat (7)

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29a

In part where PhD candidate is heading? (2,1,6)

Down

1d

Announcer's honest sound (6)

2d

Other obstinate knight's refusal to drink (10)

3d

Relations in religious house an urgent matter (8)

4d

Purge of rebellious soldiers after capture by each (5)

5d

On a high, gush about wonderful day (6,3)

6d

Collection of Biblical characters (3,3)

7d

Two horses going over a ditch (2-2)

8d

Pious always taken in by endless tears (8)

14d

A canny sort unexpectedly becoming pioneering MP (5,5)

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16d

Racecourse favourite getting welcome for a star (3,6)

17d

Idiots providing clue for Women's Institute? (8)

18d

What dominated thought of Réné Descartes? (4,4)

21d

Drinking a lot of beer, mostly, got upset about that (6)

22d

Novelist's pronounced rear end (6)

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24d

Safe area to drop an E in ancient city (5)

26d

Unlimited fame? It was sufficient once (4)