Guardian Cryptic #27874

2019-07-16

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Across

7a

Idle miners come first regarding 1984? (7)

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8a

'Bird training's no good!', you shout at home (7)

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9a

Children go back to front on slide (4)

10a

A loud bird gets egg on time (9)

12a

Building hospital by a river (5)

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13a

Small boys go crazy over shelled peas and vegetables (3,5)

15a

Coat's a hit with detached hood (4)

16a

Pretentious person dupes drunk (5)

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17a

Club wants women to gain advantage (4)

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18a

Externally, bishop wearing stole produces a bible (8)

20a

Speedy ships (5)

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21a

Great flow under construction (9)

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22a

Cultivated part of flower, trimming both sides (4)

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24a

Oblonga shape for a sausage? (7)

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25a

Drink bitter from start to finish? Just stories (7)

Down

1d

Tooth job, one out for you, say (4)

2d

Deal endlessly with Germany over zilch? It's doomed to failure (4,4)

3d

I'm taken aback by fashionit's an illusion (6)

4d

Was unfaithful to Elizabeth to begin with at Derby race (8)

5d

Fellow left foreign exchange discount (6)

6d

750 grammes resting on new oven? (4)

11d

Worth mentioning old Labour leader's upset over special summit (2,5,2)

12d

Cat steals last of Stilton from paradise (5)

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14d

Perhaps Lancelot ousts king in the dark (5)

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16d

Soundly in favour of young people as they build muscle (8)

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17d

Reagan's campaign slogan's a little bit negative! (8)

19d

Dances with Nato abstainers? (6)

20d

Halt! After small change to starter, I'm stuffed (4,2)

21d

Comedian to court daughter (4)

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23d

Extra serious weather problem ends terribly for planet (4)