Sunday Times Crossword 4835

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1 Want to hold fool back when keeping dry (10) 6 Some twitcher hears ostrich-like bird (4) 9 Mineral found in veins? (10) 10 Flipping time machine is missing — blast! (4)

12 Son on horse crushing head of Colorado beetle (6) 13 Red jag, say, outside pub with a blonde in the front (8)

15 Many consider Honister to be such a difficult place to be (1,6,4) 18 Informed experts caught in dreadful congestion (11) 21 Most passionate lutists played with energy (8) 22 Crack cocaine set out (6) 24 Layer toiletry oddly (4) 25 Practise with an awkward animal (7,3)

26 Turn over a bun (4) 27 Valuation of corrupt men’s assets (10) 1 Attack from male hiding in a thicket (6) 2 Catchphrase is a big hit primarily before end of election (6) 3 Southern Asian class briefly tours a north American city (12) 4 Forgetting starter warms a meal (4)

5 Happy sister carried uniform (10) 7 Warning device has to emit light in tree (8)

8 … is what it will be if the typist doesn’t get a shift on (8)

11 In broadcast Dylan wails I’m an old singer (4,8) 14 More than one joker restricts King being played (10)

16 Artist portraying small vessel going around lake on hill (8)

17 There’s some white in this paint (8)

19 It’s awkward being left in Paris (6)

20 Odd number of players performing for 30 days on film (6) 23 American woman who once won Wimbledon (4)