Guardian Cryptic #27636

2018-10-10

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Across

1a

Pilot who dreams where some pigeons are heading? (9)

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6a

See 24

8a

Dispatch a group of ordinary people across Costa Rica (8)

9a

Traveller makes tracks round Arab state (6)

10a

Jack hopes to work for old carpenter (6)

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11a

Washington's sidekick nearly fools poet (8)

12a

Backing group snaffled your drink once! (6)

15a

Odds on 26 papers like the Globe (8)

16a

Small old coin cracks desirable mirror (8)

19a

Wife killed nursing king's evil (6)

21a

Lapp cut stats about unknown secret publishing (8)

22a

Soprano cast agree about is fat (6)

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24a
6a

Every year top performance pulls in crowd for musical (6,4)

25a

Song about working is set on a pedestal (8)

26a

Star in Fiddler on the Roof (4)

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27a

Sailor shrouded in faint glow at night (9)

Down

1d

I'm surprised leading couple quit play (5)

2d

US subject accepts Queen's Award for Drama (7)

3d

Lift rug running round European hotel (5)

4d

Poems lack energy describing mother’s heart beats (7)

5d

Playwright collecting villain's carving (9)

6d

German thriller writer's better (7)

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7d

Crew perform on string instrument (9)

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13d

Where to take in salty air and a sleep, possibly (9)

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14d

Talks about a son and daughter's early years (5,4)

17d

Marx brother tours a grand city (7)

18d

Girl landed up in control of parents (7)

20d

Revolutionary faction like some tobacco (7)

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22d

Develop primarily loud threatening sound (5)

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23d

Rising river swamps women's course (5)