Guardian Cryptic #27829

2019-05-24

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Across

1a

Without wasting words, show sympathy, capturing child's heart (7)

5a

Revealed orgy of dope and sex (7)

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9a

Backing role, embracing maleone of slender means (5)

10a

Peculiar shapes securing fastener produce contentment (9)

11a

Squeal 'Woo!' in type of 20 (5,5)

12a

More despondent, dropping drug in haze (4)

14a

Stink horribly, trashing universal values (5,6)

18a

Philosopher of language chewing over fish with booze (4,7)

21a

10 in something to buy in 19 bar (4)

22a

Speak at length about a short swim around and leave to decay (10)

25a

Fruit of foul temper skewered? On the contrary (9)

26a

Energy endlessly recycled would be so (5)

27a

Bear eating gutted veggie in non-veggie establishment (7)

28a

Totally heartless diatribes from dictators (7)

Down

1d

Broth, say, over? Over (6)

2d

Drink producer's sheep receiving a degree (6)

3d

Setter's after Scottish thinker's abscess (10)

4d

Cry of delight from vulgar sort (5)

5d

Fourth letter in Oscar Peterson's made-up language (9)

6d

Annoyance caused by French bread (4)

7d

Being furtive, make off with your old(8)

8d

… 6, first in costume (8)

13d

Seek information with which to identify malefactor's food item (4,6)

15d

Sickliness results in dim boy getting no points in resit (9)

16d

Performed deed in college, initially providing instruction (8)

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17d

Popular novelist embraces headdress-maker (8)

19d

Pub where brown cleric gets round in (6)

20d

Keyboard instrumentno pianoraised in sport (6)

23d

Expert has a profundity that's bottomless (5)

24d

Sheds uninherited characteristic? (4)