
Cryptic Crossword 12
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| 1 | 
Pepless beverage faced about (5) |  
| 4 | 
Outbreaks infect mind space (9) |  
| 9 | 
Needle jokester first, then swindler (9) |  
| 10 | 
More current cover to happen again (5) |  
| 11 | 
Transcendentalist who creatively authored, didn't finish, story about living simply? (7) |  
| 12 | 
Pays no attention to latent sign or eSignature (7) |  
| 13 | 
Self-absorbed man Cassius, not ranked initially, transformed (9) |  
| 15 | 
Trim Barbie confused teacher of the Torah (5) |  
| 16 | 
We attach feet to bit of silk cross-threads (5) |  
| 17 | 
One of spy team robs green switcheroo (9) |  
| 19 | 
Anticipated alert adage (7) |  
| 21 | 
Aunt Ruth covered up a lie (7) |  
| 24 | 
Fable teller might pose a retraction (5) |  
| 25 | 
Taping a menu back together, perhaps, to rearrange big dinner (9) |  
| 26 | 
Ruby hands off farm care (9) |  
| 27 | 
Scorch on medium, spread around (5) |  
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| 1 | 
Spontaneously cut ad from admission ticket (5) |  
| 2 | 
Go after auto freight (5) |  
| 3 | 
New Hope actress that is seen at first where they raise tilapia (9) |  
| 4 | 
These, plus age, devastated populations! (7) |  
| 5 | 
What you use to clean pan put up by messy sink (7) |  
| 6 | 
None returned around head of ruined company that inspired the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (5) |  
| 7 | 
Hopeless to become liable to equal (9) |  
| 8 | 
Sing about braid, putting in the spotlight (9) |  
| 13 | 
Recent San Francisco strike bulletin (4, 5) |  
| 14 | 
Steers around pro, plants trees again (9) |  
| 15 | 
One string tied up call announcers (9) |  
| 17 | 
Fixed a light switch, say, confusingly drew ire (7) |  
| 18 | 
Like Crockett's famed look, Tubbs switched originally last year (7) |  
| 20 | 
Vintage tint, easy as pie (5) |  
| 22 | 
Number one announcement: you're in (5) |  
| 23 | 
Greater to embrace verbal hesitation (5) |  
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 Published 24 Jul 2020
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