Guardian Cryptic #24485

2008-09-04

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Across

8a

Embellish or style religious books (8)

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9a

Bearing spare wood (5)

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10a

Russian leader starts to ignore very able negotiator (4)

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11a

Freedom for Queen to tuck into drink (10)

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12a

A quiet drive to religious retreat (6)

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14a

Learning about bad weather in France (8)

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15a

Deny CIA terrible poison (7)

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17a

Confessor used banker (7)

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20a

Bill gets a million marketing water (5,3)

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22a

One erecting scaffold to start going topless (6)

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23a

Let Winston run amok in Hollywood (10)

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24a

Wooden handle (4)

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25a

Rest after good harvest (5)

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26a

Notorious gangster stole one (8)

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Down

1d

Go without a piece of underwear in burlesque (8)

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2d

Pronounced seam of mineral becomes worthless (4)

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3d

Plot strike producing chaos (6)

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4d

Stupidly set bulb that's prickly (7)

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5d

Rod holds paintings up for poet (8)

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6d

Snake hunting as a sport (4,6)

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7d

Mogul is strangely coy when wearing the latest fashion (6)

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13d

Showman to call Mark over bloomer (10)

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16d

Ideal end violated time limit (8)

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19d

Penitence is touching inventor (7)

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21d

Produce rude sign for happenings (6)

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22d

Fugitive loses article at airport (6)

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24d

A day behind? That's silly! (4)

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