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Independent 8296

ACROSS

8              Less unsettled about female following 28 (6)

9              Recalled time in nude dancing, as it was first presented (8)

10           Manipulator of people: genius etc I manipulated (10)

11           Meadow flowers shaking off drops following 28 (4)

12           Display how corvette’s first into stormy seas (8)

13           Mystery cookware with front removed (6)

15           How often idiots appear following 28 (7)

17           Prophet dismissing one English sin following 28 (7)

20           Embraces priest surrounded by schoolchildren (6)

22           Arrange courier to avoid mess, holding in latest in exchange (8)

24           Responsibility aired on radio following 28 (4)

26           Last item to bring profit to part of Yorkshire (6,4)

27           A sleuth backing sea, nothing less, to find whale? (8)

28           Second shard given partial twist (6)

DOWN

1              US city mostly boring? Pity, given lack of leadership (6)

2              Newspaper with little hesitation blocking prizes later (10)

3              I go on about river – it’s a nuisance (8)

4              First person in France to receive University bitterness following 28 (7)

5              Exhausted monarch following 28 (6)

6              Book’s taken amiss following 28 (4)

7              Satisfied with sum, I see, like 28 (8)

14           Pretending to trip before end of round? It lowers one in the main (6,4)

16           I’ll equal bagging millions at the wrong moment (3-5)

18           Seeds scattered around seed-separator, prompting anxiety (8)

19           Our group had to strike following 28 (7)

21           Rocks on bottom of canyon following 28 (6)

23           He rode down, worn down, worn down (6)

25           Question swapping ends following 28 (4)

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