Guardian Cryptic #23049

2004-01-27

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Across

1a

cccccc aaaaaa tttttt? (5-4,4)

10a

Endless financial support not starting around end of May (7)

11a

Italian dish with instruction underneath in Italian (7)

12a

Chop back, chop, remove centre right (5)

13a

Worm turning to red meat (9)

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14a

Layer around left layer (5)

16a

O'Connor clutches swooning lady in lust, perhaps (6,3)

18a

Entry into Baghdad wasn't about overthrowing of government, so has come apart (9)

19a

Star inside nebula (5)

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20a

With heads rolling, a desire for one's own to do so? (5,4)

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23a

Nut cuts star in half (5)

24a

Ringer, a monster (7)

25a

Not all the book, but about right (7)

26a

Man, the soldier (an amoeba), pointlessly confined here? (10,3)

Down

2d

Around university hardly in trouble: one caught and given type of suspension (9)

3d

I'd say "women are for cooking and ironing", get decapitated, but live (5)

4d

Smoker's request made for dieting (5)

5d

Guardian over issue is unarmed when edited (9)

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6d

Manilow finally worried, having offered "Silent Night" (9)

7d

Opening bars, take penny off drink and bar won't close (5)

8d

Bear much about non-A1 communications medium - blame him? (6,7)

9d

What do you want from us, Tony Blair? Give over! (13)

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15d

Clue for when without refinement (5-4)

16d

In retirement, a country boy follows a spiritual man (5,4)

17d

Atmosphere's raised about bodily form, losing my patients here (9)

21d

Gilded cube is so long (5)

22d

Beast with desire in its brief call? (5)

23d

Fine young beast brought up to become young man (5)