Guardian Cryptic #27831

2019-05-27

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Across

1a

Socrates's killer shows a hesitation to bolt (7)

5a

Manage venture for widow (7)

10a

Instant credit (4)

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11a

Teachers' recipe? It promises to be wholesome! (10)

12a

Arouse and race the French (6)

13a

Scoundrel acquires a popular firm making clothing (8)

14a

Medication sorted out Gail's acne (9)

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16a

Regret drinking port with royal head of state (5)

17a

Little or no time to follow screening (5)

19a

Rose's inelegant disposition (9)

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23a

Persist in support for architectural feature (8)

24a

Mate's attempt to be sorry (6)

26a

Film director developed erotic club (10)

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27a

Talk about item of clothing (4)

28a

Soldiers to pursue struggle for survival (3,4)

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29a

Hide drug among the soapsuds (7)

Down

2d

Rabble-rousing lacks its initial impression (7)

3d

Enjoyed song about monarch (5)

4d

Admit new church is bound by regulations (7)

6d

Duck doctor in spring (6)

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7d

Battle for a drink on playing area (9)

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8d

Bird slow to to imitate (7)

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9d

Opening quietly paper of a kind that gives the betting (8,5)

15d

Ancestral buildinga royal house (9)

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18d

Fit in with artist’s wild fantasy (7)

20d

Warn parish priest getting into a lift (7)

21d

Ran over judge? Tell us the story! (7)

22d

Character with inclination for one toiletry containing iodine (6)

25d

Permissible but to some extent duplicitous (5)