Times Cryptic #28473

2022-12-14

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Across

1a

Search for oil curtailed with a second uproar (6)

4a

Country area, remote delta, invaded by the military (8)

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10a

Busy gathering of people requiring couple to swap places (7)

11a

Wrong to snatch a jewellery item (7)

12a

English bowler maybe embraces early contest (4)

13a

Home remains place of refuge after returning from manufacturing process (10)

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15a

Shift effort to include area of fiscal planning (9)

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16a

With failure of clubs, was boxing assessed? (5)

18a

Hefty? Pounds lighter, though not at first (5)

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19a

Cell: most of one transformed by author's works? (9)

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21a

Our violent riotsthreatening this? (10)

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23a

Soldiers without skill lacking in force (4)

26a

Company on board in struggle to make artificial fabric (7)

27a

Very ornate pub, old, rather short of vermouth (7)

28a

Affirmed wrong date given about international match (8)

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29a

Fellow ignoring educational component in school lecture (6)

Down

1d

Get half-hearted supporters descending on church (5)

2d

Hero of old seeing a doomed lover accepting kiss (9)

3d

Keen helper catching cold (4)

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5d

Ancient greeting set in the earth in Neolithic site (7)

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6d

Choral work not ending in silence is something suggesting later discussion (10)

7d

Excuse deviation from script, but not second one (5)

8d

Snow vehicle follows cliff path, perhaps (3,6)

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9d

Computer language includes information in list of items (6)

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14d

Spreading Euro-libels, against Government's wishes? (10)

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15d

Somehow able to grasp historical King by way of part of London (9)

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17d

College without equal ignoring a University procedure (9)

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19d

Source of beneficial reflectioncertainly cheers up in church (7)

20d

One Danish scientist upset about source of many diamonds (6)

22d

Call volume, do you say? (5)

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24d

Saw components tailoring had initially affixed to shirt (5)

25d

Decline beginning to reappear in party power (4)