Guardian Cryptic #27815

2019-05-08

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Across

9a

Still in tears periodically during sex (5)

10a

Involve one like Pucka Celt, I suspect (9)

11a

Very bitter civil unrest about 14 (9)

12a

Stars regular characters in 4, 6 or 9, primarily (5)

13a

Say 4 getting stripped off 'offensive'? Solutions include each member of such a group with G-strings on (7)

15a

Son, not daughter, of writer gets ill (7)

17a

Prince appearing in dream, eerily (5)

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18a

Recording of sibling rivalry? (3)

20a

Girl having one drink (5)

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22a

Tsetses flying in groups of 6 (7)

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25a

Avoiding interaction in adult party (7)

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26a

Bacteria in bird's eye, say (5)

27a

Accessible island to the west on open stretch of water (9)

30a

Pub notice about a pope (8,1)

31a

Fiddle duet in US residence (5)

Down

1d

Missile landing right inside MI5 (4)

2d

Game's up, in general, for inspector (8)

3d

A case of home tuition (4)

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4d

Broke diet, with a third of vol-au-vent demolished (8)

5d

Highest points of a group of stars with only one sun (6)

6d

Liqueur taking legroom in car (10)

7d

A case of meeting about 4 (6)

8d

Verse given to a German tenor (4)

13d

Muscles in groups working together? Not initially (5)

14d

Suite, perhaps, for 13 across going 1 down (5-5)

16d

Small tablet found in shed (5)

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19d

Striking a flowing boundary up in Durhamit leads to century (8)

21d

Body part in rubbish binand what setter did about it? (8)

23d
24d

Reserves with which to back horses, perhaps (6,6)

24d

See 23

26d

Murderer taking taxi home after disposing of bishop (4)

28d

Joint providing German wine (4)

29d

Wound up seeing statue's name (4)