Crossword #43
23 October 2022
Skirwingle

I didn’t put a theme among the answers, and I didn't put a nina in the grid,
And I didn't seed the clues with an acrostic, and it wouldn’t mean a damn thing if I did.

[EDIT: revised 27 October, after spotting error in one clue]


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  •  7  A theme for applying Vim to tile/potty (9)

  •  8  Conservative follows most successful international theme (5)

  • 10 Roosevelt took off jumper & exercised to get slim (6)

  • 11 Orbiter’s manoeuvring device’s almost there – full of corrosion (8)

  • 12 Something Hoover’s doing: making a claim involving Calvin Klein (7)

  • 14 Tightly bind weed around sporty touring car (6)

  • 16 It’s played at door: gentle kiss in which loose mask’s not on for sweetheart (8,5)

  • 18 Contemptible Carry-On star took gold and diamonds (6)

  • 20 Criminal dealer heading off to capture Chinese better (7)

  • 22 Mrs Adamson’s stupid husband’s gone for one controlling game (8)

  • 25 Rural decay one combats initially (6)

  • 26 Blowfish movie’s end theme (5)

  • 27 Theme with reversal from ghastly can-can – boring – stop halfway through (4,5)

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  •  1  Anxiety seen to return after acquiring campervan (6)

  •  2  Inclined to be madly idealistic (10)

  •  3  No radioactivity’s sensed in this (8)

  •  4  Is not home wearing a short-sleeve shirt (4)

  •  5  Maybe Hugo’s manager (4)

  •  6  Five lines of fruit in a pile? (8)

  •  9  Principal part of car chase (4)

  • 13 Information about style (5)

  • 15 Who tends to field in sun? D. Gorman, perhaps? (10)

  • 16 Introduction for king’s speech therapist (8)

  • 17 Greens that Chancellor Helmut, half-hearted Lord Chancellor Dominic, and I might follow (8)

  • 19 Irrational number rising to support doc’s supply device (4)

  • 21 Coal extracted from crushed Palaeozoic parasites, for example (6)

  • 23 Reportedly impale seabird (4)

  • 24 In cycle race, remove a couple of units to adjust space (4)

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