Guardian Cryptic #27879

2019-07-22

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Across

7a

Ministers always in tears (9)

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8a

I would follow nasty smell that's close (5)

9a

Impromptu test for measles? (4,5)

10a

Disreputable motor yacht on the water (5)

12a

One gets coverage in Mail (6)

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13a

Why repairer is called excessively (2,1,5)

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14a

Sort of farm that stores electricity (7)

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17a

Elegant writer's catalogue for pig farmer? (7)

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20a

Mad to cause vessel to leak? (8)

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22a

Gives a false face (6)

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24a

Trim English bird (5)

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25a

This boy is usually a girl (9)

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26a

One's arrival is a relief for the surgery (5)

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27a

Compel to join group of journalists (5-4)

Down

1d

Pelt with dried berries (6)

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2d

Vegetable better cookednothing old should be swallowed (8)

3d

These regions are hell! (6)

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4d

Bring up empty envelope? Gold coin is inside (7)

5d

I found it in Greece (6)

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6d

Points collected on the fly (3,5)

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11d

Reportedly did well in exam for history (4)

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15d

Drama not rehearsed without planning (2,6)

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16d

In seminar, open binder (4)

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18d

An abundance of beatings (8)

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19d

Dish first cooked on railway (4-3)

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21d

Avoid responsibility for policeman being dismissed (3,3)

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22d

Vehicle is hard to make disappear (6)

23d

Old woman tied up in knots? (6)