Guardian Cryptic #25990

2013-07-03

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Across

1a

Book challenging paper (4,5)

flowerflowerflower
6a

See 15

8a

See 27

9a

Cook dressing in private ultimately for Sunday best (6)

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10a

See 15

11a

Anything but an island, lake is imaginary (8)

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12a

Fringes back on church soil (6)

flowerflowerflower
15a
10a

Paint piece: scene's up for interpretation as work of 26 21 (4,4,3,3,4)

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16a

Bag with smack sent overwant to lose head? (8)

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19a

Turn one's nose up at garbage (6)

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21a

See 26

22a

Books in bundle missing the last book (6)

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24a

Nightmare, describing Greece originally (6)

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25a

Weird doctor yearning after smelly guts (8)

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26a
21a

Artist framing "Endless Time" and "Winter Vehicle", not quite a surrealist (4,8)

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27a
8a

As utter misery beginning to advance, use ill-conceived cuts (9,8)

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Down

1d

Cap in hand over foreign money, a beast picking over carcasses (5)

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2d

One liberating another snooker player's assistant shortly before snooker player? (7)

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3d

It's here or there, perhaps (5)

flowerflowerflower
4d
22d

Private meeting place where parent and child, one an idiot, say, raised (7,5)

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5d

Security finally appearing during fast race after a crashthis vehicle? (6,3)

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6d

Game ending in soup over and over again (7)

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7d

Average assets half lost through less than zero responsibility, this looming large over Greece? (9)

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13d

Neon in its natural state, element initially inferior to fellow element (9)

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14d

Philosophers originally accommodated by the Lhasa New Resort (6,3)

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17d

A part in exercise for one conditionally released (7)

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18d

Savers look to catch salesman up (7)

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20d

Director hit the water with last of Bacardi (7)

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22d

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23d

Cheap as nails? (5)

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