Times Cryptic #28425

2022-10-19

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Across

1a

President with newspaper backing joining election candidates? (8)

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5a

Mood of agent encountered on return (6)

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9a

Gang with influenceone can provide an opening (4,4)

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10a

Disreputable yob, revolutionary for short time (6)

12a

India's sect, one involved in religious festival (13)

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15a

Casts off a feeling of melancholy (5)

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16a

What's gone wrong with lemon, bad fruit (4,5)

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17a

A very small volume of liquid running through highway? (9)

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19a

Not the brighteststudies English! (5)

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20a

Botched expression that could bring poet harm? (5,8)

22a

Remain outside house as one who's faced the cameras again? (6)

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23a

Cut down on one entrance at back of university (8)

25a

Soldiers in heapconfusing situation (6)

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26a

Scene finally hidden by coastal fog certainly not the most pleasant (8)

Down

1d

Eat too much, so dreaming is awful (10)

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2d

Managed to curtail row (3)

3d

With devils around, death is threatening (7)

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4d

Sweet female who gets in the way (8,4)

6d

Bigheadedness, energy and drive associated with male model standing up (7)

7d

Meal unchanged? This is the wrapped meal you'll see (6,5)

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8d

Bird to listen tothe last to fly up! (4)

11d

See a hesitant drunk get knocked out (12)

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13d

Approach shortened for Scroogeone makes concessions (11)

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14d

Sweet talk perhaps to stop with emotions not head restricting chaps (10)

18d

An eleven with no scoreuseless getting worried (7)

19d

Philosophy of the Parisian boxer, seldom lacking guts (7)

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21d

Stuff made from dairy product with no indicator of additives (4)

24d

Hail in road briefly (3)

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