Times Cryptic #28502

2023-01-17

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Across

1a

CIA messed about with Castro's country (5,4)

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6a

Discover conservative attending church (5)

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9a

Good repeatedly to enter small river to fish for eels (7)

10a

Wind, fog, rain, and lightning primarily (7)

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11a

Lady to pick up advert for skirt (5)

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12a

Thoroughbred animal eating seeds regularly with grass (9)

13a

Using weapons in game, finally attempt to get on scent (8)

14a

Recording evil spirit briefly (4)

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17a

Clean beneath exhibits (4)

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18a

Dashed into city, missing the lecture (8)

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21a

Nibbled food with European in shabby surroundings? (4-5)

22a

Subject to rising and falling temperature, one boy suffering setback (5)

24a

Snake renamed possibly (7)

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25a

Second version of wine vessel (7)

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26a

Formerly called extremely dirty and poor (5)

27a

Looking to put back a leader from Epsom with south-eastern dialect (9)

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Down

1d

Shy before English class (5)

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2d

Flight circling southern airspace trials bombing (6,9)

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3d

Viewpoints seen on outskirts of every island (8)

4d

One succeeding when boxing each amateur (8)

5d

Some ships with radar uncovered weapon to the north (6)

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6d

Jointly endorse function over the phone (6)

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7d

Competition you're bound to enter? (5-6,4)

8d

Place to fly from New Delhi over another city (9)

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13d

Chap cross with country girl who's close to Douglas? (9)

15d

Newspaper printed upside-down? All right, it's the end of the world! (8)

16d

Old lady heartlessly trampled ancient creature (8)

19d

Very likely to be disembowelled? That's fatal! (6)

20d

Incite purist to riot (4,2)

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23d

Second unfinished drink (5)

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