Guardian Cryptic #27700

2018-12-24

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Across

9a

Give address on back cover, otherwise disappear (9)

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10a

Art patron holding small aesthetic guide (5)

11a

Scent you reportedly lost after crossing Atlantic? (5)

12a

Botanical expert with itemised qualifications of female scholar? (9)

13a
22a

Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle row (7,2,5)

14a

Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, often (7)

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17a

Energy shown by second eleven (5)

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19a

Decorate things cooked in kitchen, with odd exceptions (3)

20a

Tend to bed or what's in special kind of mattress (5)

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21a

Doctor improperly uses pressure to get into suit, say (5,2)

22a

See 13

24a

So to speak, inscribe 2nd Street on map in Far East? (9)

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26a

A state briefly flipped, becoming another state (5)

28a

Article on big game put in hard cover (5)

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29a

Garments I alteredthey've had 13 across 22 across (9)

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Down

1d

One state followed by another, note (4)

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2d

Fare from India south, landing in Pacific islands (6)

3d

More bad gas circulated in draughts etc (5,5)

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4d

Cuts components of air, for example, including hydrogen (6)

5d

25 take part in crusade zealously, securing release (8)

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6d

Mediterranean landmark visible in Estonia, oddly (4)

7d

Showing ambition when I sound off about power (8)

8d

Become emotional, having bumped into learner on inside (4)

13d

Fourth law suit, as viewed by robber, potentially (5)

15d

County's crewmen bringing one in on the ground floor, perhaps (10)

16d

Frightfully odd English upset part of the EU (5)

18d

Invigorate loco engineers with no end of passion (8)

19d

Short, spontaneous performance edited, so better (8)

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22d

Cunningly defeat without being heartless, having switched halves (6)

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23d

Good thing about name in form posted? OK (6)

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24d

Judges having reached conclusion, what comes next? Old-fashioned pity (4)

25d

What must be modified to produce rapprochement (4)

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27d

Result of condensation, being damp, without oxygen (4)