Guardian Cryptic #23581

2005-10-10

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Across

9a

Work of masters auctioned off (9)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Deck or dock (5)

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11a

A palindrome immortalised (7)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Delight in storytelling right from the start (7)

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13a

She takes a long time to grasp the point (5)

flowerflowerflower
14a

He called to give the news (4,5)

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16a

Growing children's playground centre (3,8,4)

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19a

Anti-royalist has a bit of a fight getting capital (9)

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21a

Food for Dad's Army? (5)

flowerflowerflower
22a

She robbed her sleeping partner of his capital assets (7)

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23a

Evens the scores by bribery? (7)

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24a

About due for a dockyard job (5)

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25a

Sort of sketch one won't want to go under the hammer (9)

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Down

1d

Service chief? (4,6)

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2d

Public house? (8)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Fish around in the reservoirs (6)

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4d

Friendly type (4)

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5d

It can be hell for criminals (10)

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6d

Cast my anchor in Norway, say (8)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Highly trained Italian soldiers? (6)

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8d

Odds on batting side (4)

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14d

Set meal and free bed at hotel (5,5)

flowerflowerflower
15d

Trials from which the public are excluded (10)

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17d

Rise and fall of one of the French, recently deceased (8)

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18d

At university, eccentric master is against the current trend (8)

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20d

Improve one's bust line? (6)

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21d

Sounds fruity? (6)

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22d

Top deck on old ship lacking lights (4)

flowerflowerflower
23d

Large bird rearing smaller ones (4)

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