Times Cryptic #28735

2023-10-16

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Across

1a

Pollen mix studied by national broadcaster (8)

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9a

Hill-dweller terribly rude about one leaving flat terrain (8)

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U(PLA[i]N)DER, where the enclosing letters are an anagram of RUDE.

10a

Fateful day Cockney goes to ground? (4)

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11a

Thinker involved with grant, a quixotic type (6,6)

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13a

Grass English composer found in odd parts of dale (6)

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D[a](ARNE)L[e].

14a

Leader of squad softening and extracting metal (8)

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S[quad] + MELTING.

15a

Time to accept work initially slicing cut of beef (7)

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T(OP, S[licing])IDE.

16a

Rule out ditching Chopin's first short composition (7)

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20a

Short story about Oscar approaching a curve (8)

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PARAB(O)L[e] + A.

22a

Quietly leaves to view cricket, for example (6)

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23a

Crack troops reportedly seize Scotsman maybe in province (12)

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25a

Dash shown by Hassan, a legend from the East (4)

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26a

Inflexible gear old American soldiers carried (8)

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RIG (OR) O US.

27a

That girl's boyfriends include extremely dubious animal minders (8)

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HER  (D[ubiou]S)  MEN.

Down

2d

In Spain, the dolphin's place of great abundance (2,6)

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3d

Requesting silence in sailing ship, seeing marine creature (7,5)

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4d

Having right to be honoured (8)

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5d

Something chewed over by ambassador's son and noblewoman (7)

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CUD upside-down + HE’S S.

6d

Rip off woollen coat (6)

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7d

Snake endlessly turning up in Old Norse poems (4)

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ADDE[r] upside-down.

8d

Charge made by expert Europeans keeping sheep (8)

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PRO (TEG) E,E.

12d

Severity shown by head supporting girl to a reduced extent (12)

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15d

Wall hanging records sporting achievement (8)

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17d

Waterproof clothing found by artist in northern river (8)

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18d

Wipe out rodents on the rise in time (8)

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19d

Hallucinogenic drug a chap's smuggled into mess (7)

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21d

Be more cunning than unfashionable founder of Quakerism (6)

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24d

Appeal inspiring a good heroic story (4)

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S(A.G)A, a compendium of cryptic crossword cliches.