Guardian Cryptic #25823

2012-12-19

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Across

1a

Group of officers, heads of naval detachments (7)

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5a

Old Scotsman's colourful project (7)

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9a

Nice way of saying Arachne's somewhat vacuous and a bit wet (5)

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10a

It might drop me, if uninitiated in its use (9)

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11a

Expert on land usage cultivating margins, too (10)

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12a

Privileged American used to be attracted to power (4)

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14a

Of sound mind, ultimately buffered by stout optimism (12)

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18a

Inspecting, unannounced, what teenagers get up to in bathroom? (4-8)

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21a

Top copy with illiterate's signature (4)

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22a

Damn it, Twitter, you embody fatuousness! (10)

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25a

Party line developed into mutual exchange (9)

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26a

State occasion making a mint (5)

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27a

This team makes you tea (7)

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28a

Qualified agreements to rework endless subsystem (3-4)

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Down

1d

Struggle to disentangle 16 down (6)

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2d

Relating to fast, tailless fictional bloodhound (6)

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3d

Ace tenant merrily taking possession of duke's house (10)

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4d

On reflection micron's a tiny amount, in fact (5)

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5d

Bouncer quietly getting Oscar to leave club (4,5)

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6d

Destroys country house, top to bottom (4)

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7d

Admirer's agreement to marrybut not yet (8)

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8d

Wrongly enter hairdressing establishment offering health treatments (8)

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13d

Interest as founder returns to old place (10)

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15d

Freedom fighters beleaguer ill-assorted internees (9)

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16d

Radioactive element, which is used to lower cholesterol in casualty (8)

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17d

Disturbed Harry Lime's last day (8)

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19d

Copper said goodbye (3,3)

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20d

Where French children learn to core fruit (6)

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23d

Sardonically mentioning carefree fellow (5)

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24d

Perhaps the elder Turgenev gets noticed periodically? (4)

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