Guardian Cryptic #27664

2018-11-12

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Across

1a

Maybe there's still life in what they do (7)

5a

Circus artiste's value is tumbling (7)

9a

Chap's first to enter minister's home (5)

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10a

Drama one never sees performed (5,4)

11a

Wee darling? (10)

12a

Like some wine? It's no end crude! (4)

14a

Turn one's back on the roast second time round? (4-8)

18a

Given this freedom, name optician at random (12)

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21a

Routine hard for girl (4)

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22a

Settle area, wild land (4,6)

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25a

Win gold: I follow (9)

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26a

Drive back to dance round piano (5)

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27a

Second vegetable, like a tomato, taken on fork (7)

28a

Banshee terrified failing man (3-4)

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Down

1d

A large majority? Not quite (6)

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2d

Find a match here? This can flame up quickly (6)

3d

One now weak, having given out on behalf of church (5,5)

4d

Rush of crowd needs some calmness urgently (5)

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5d

Ordering heralds back to military town (9)

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6d

Space for one's elbow? (4)

7d

Glad beer is brewed by the Danube (8)

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8d

Film or plays, right? (3,5)

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13d

Not feeling well, with no more anagrams to do? (3,2,5)

15d

Letters on keyboard can be low (9)

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16d

New coins, one's obsession (8)

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17d

Hymn is horriblecancel it (8)

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19d

Specimen, small, more than enough (6)

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20d

Film director, finally failing, took place in the ranks (4,2)

23d

Tree that's between poplar and chestnut (5)

24d

Feature of river no end odd (4)