Guardian Cryptic #27852

2019-06-20

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Across

7a

Blair mobilised to go round overdue, involving both sides (9)

8a

Minor role appeared before central character in story (5)

9a

Thus a reason not to smoke with a French rogue (3,2,1,3)

10a

Nostromo, wrecked on ocean, initially lost in Typhoon (5)

12a

A dictator gains European leadership in Suspense (2,4)

13a

Model tracks creative work reversing gusset (5,3)

16a

Stone slab, incised with record of church construction (7)

19a

Losing second fellow, lifeboats sent up maroon (7)

22a

[Guardian group accepts position of Corbyn, Opposition leader] (8)

25a

Seafarer who wrote about navy leader in A Winding Road (6)

27a

The Inheritors takes on empire’s leader, moving to the left (5)

28a

Saying nothing about Chance makes one a fool (4-5)

29a

Act as The Informer in part allocated selflessly (3,2)

30a

Prepared to attack in hoard with central character in The Nigger of the Narcissus (3,2,4)

Down

1d

Deny row about broadcast (6)

2d

Once old, a changing disposition to share Romance (8)

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3d

Wipe out revolutionary in The Secret Agent (6)

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4d

Emptiness shown in Victory with sharpness of vision (7)

5d

Garment from Boatman's back, absent in Heart of Darkness (6)

6d

[Extent of revolution in BA?] (6)

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11d

Under Western Eyes spoke of manners (4)

14d

Deep brown, without end (3)

15d

It is brought up over The End of the Tether (3)

16d

Dry in bits would be halves (3)

17d

Foreign character central to The Tale (3)

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18d

Boatman taken by Youth set (4)

20d

Liberal and left wings to allow end to onerous property legislation? (4,4)

21d

Violent run-in, alas, with An Outcast of the Islands (7)

23d

They may laugh at grouchy Ena Sharples’s revelation (6) (6)

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24d

25 across's central character is gloomy following wreck (6)

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25d

Copper with nothing to offer about a typical cell’s shape (6)

26d

Cold conditions for developing cacti, right? (6)