Guardian Cryptic #26141

2013-12-27

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Across

8a

Press employee to have a half of real ale (8)

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9a

Striking achievement of American flier returning to base (5)

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10a

Gallery in New York, for example, unopened (4)

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11a

Constitution's supporter supplied ruler with an agenda, for example (10)

12a

Seeker of proof getting nothing in maths wrong (6)

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14a

Part of chore very onerous for people, without exception (8)

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15a

Wordsmiths assembled work, in theory, so oddly (7)

17a

One with shattered nerves? Just the opposite (7)

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20a

Endures being torpedoed by a submarine (8)

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22a

Proposal to bring it back in satellite (6)

23a

State capital (10)

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24a

Quest, the conclusions of which you can reject (4)

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25a

British vessels in Scottish waters (5)

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26a

Note added to novel Thoreau wrote (8)

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Down

1d

Rhetorical device encountered once before in speech (8)

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2d

Religious leader as father figure, ultimately (4)

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3d

Lots of teachers in part of England cut (6)

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4d

Links good, when embraced by some forming unions (7)

5d

Strange rite in earlier time a number regarded as ominous (8)

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6d

Part of problemploy men typically use (10)

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7d

Parties regularly selected, happening in place with bars (6)

13d

Steep mountain presenting dire threat in early part of day (10)

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16d

Lack of care skin problem on head required (8)

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18d

Hoaxed over name, given stuff to swallow uncritically (8)

19d

False alarmit is related to war (7)

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21d

Hearing organ bishop in US city installed in neighbourhood (6)

22d

Record time (6)

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24d

Outlaw or gangster? It depends on the initial case (4)