Times Cryptic #28515

2023-02-01

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Across

1a

Cleaner's mother making personal appeal? (8)

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5a

Fish, duck and butter twists (6)

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Domestic needing no Frenchman's encouragement (3)

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9a

Mink at odds with alpaca, llama or donkey? (4,6)

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Drug baron's end: caught with nothing stashed in lorry? (8)

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11a

Brainboxes operated in group reliant on intelligence? (6)

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12a

Lamb's utterance about keeping king's horse (4)

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14a

Horse saddle ruined in cold caustic solution (10)

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17a

Drive with crack on surface (3-2-3-2)

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20a

RouéElizabethan explorerdied excluded (4)

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23a

Once wooded region, forest ultimately burning (6)

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24a

Firm needing locations in Germany? That's a riddle (8)

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25a

Government leader in luck backing spin (10)

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26a

Masculine sailor finds the fairy queen (3)

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27a

Old official desirable? No sir! Corrupt! (6)

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28a

Soldiers move joyfully, bringing in November's supplies (8)

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Down

1d

Villains well-connected in this working group? (5,4)

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2d

An artist having to accept party runs microstate (7)

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3d

This writer's for and against spontaneous routine (6)

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4d

PM a Conservative joining fist-fight among staff (9)

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5d

Scam on the rise captured in spy's single lens (7)

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6d

Criminal damage upset passenger taken round area (3-6)

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7d

With current lines, Shakespeare showing Iago's motivation? (3,4)

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Black couple welcoming composer over the road (9)

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15d

Band of clergy good to make arrest outside? (3,6)

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16d

Really bad from City: Real Betis initially fantastic (9)

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18d

Enraged at first, Spider-Woman drops new complaint (7)

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19d

Diplomat with strong desire to ditch the booze? (7)

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21d

Belly bad with churningsign of things to come? (7)

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22d

Customer parking right inside a lot (6)

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