Guardian Cryptic #27650

2018-10-26

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Across

1a

Settled without police action (7)

5a

Artist having refreshing drinkit's bitter (7)

9a

Tree surgeon's last journey across road (5)

10a

Queen stops duke with Chinese delegation's leader becoming personal (5-4)

11a

Finished by topping aristocrats (5,5)

12a

Corporation's rejected material unsuitable for Auntie? (4)

14a

Hard to believe that's itlook round South American city (11)

18a

See 1 down

21a

Practice of few on Twitter (4)

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22a

Theatre worker getting axenew cast sure to follow (5,5)

25a

Solve and rate cryptic (they cater for different levels) (9)

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26a

Enthusiastic but not sure about time (5)

27a

Drunken Glaswegian possibly caught out (7)

28a

Private parts Republican's grabbed? They'll make an examination (7)

Down

1d
18a

Bamboozled Irish politicians (one caught napping?) (4,2,4,1,6)

2d

Fellows with money invested the best (6)

3d

Could be a riseta, Godor words to that effect (3,7)

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4d

Freed after treatment put back (5)

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5d

Deck guy who's cheating? (4,5)

6d

Do without leader becoming pretentious (4)

7d

Top celebrities tooled up? One worries unduly (8)

8d

Women like young mendealt harshly with what I do when rampant (8)

13d

Said what Thatcher finally becameno issue with it (10)

15d

Treat once penniless childno fortune involved but it will cover the essentials (9)

16d

Female criminal unmarked (8)

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17d

Extremely poor way to determine allergy? (4,4)

19d

Britain's self-inflicted errorreview of Brussels way of talking(6)

20d

right? Border being set up is rubbish (6)

23d

Advocates publishing this, providing a surprising result (5)

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24d

Make heavy demands on current vehicle (4)

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