Guardian Cryptic #22048

2000-11-06

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Across

1a

Get ready for the Spring (6)

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9a

Drink, knock it back as a starter (4)

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10a

Slit the envelope; it's not a private communication (4,6)

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12a

Press for a reduction? (8)

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13a

Plea to one to be agreeable and provide financial backing (2,2,5)

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15a

Mole has something to eat by river (4)

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16a

Fine stuff for sitting on in Summer! (4)

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21a

Travelling after the game (2,6)

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22a

A division of the church (6)

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24a

Hope to stay involved in medical practice (10)

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26a

Club for a field athlete (6)

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Down

1d

I entered dream home - in Spain, suitably enough (7)

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2d

Oil producer under pressure has a heart of stone (5)

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3d

One of the toasts that may be offered with a meal (7)

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6d

Flying up and down the touchline? (2,3,4)

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7d

A shelved medical assistant (7)

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8d

No racehorse alive is one! (4,9)

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14d

He provides regular press handouts (9)

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16d

Queues seen on washing days? (5,2)

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19d

It's intended to encourage laying in a little money (4,3)

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20d

Bird in the bull-ring (6)

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23d

To save is difficult with nothing coming in (5)

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