Guardian Cryptic #27889

2019-08-02

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Across

1a

Maybe patches up Oxford's medieval road surface? (7)

5a

Women's work in underground river in Wales (7)

9a

Holy group? Such may be looking to the skies (5)

10a

Unhappy lord outside Parliament finally gives indication of imminent departure (4,5)

11a

One's snapped after being asked to do this (5,3,6)

13a

English team facing shoot-out ultimately making this? (4)

14a

One skilled in words banishing guilt and sin (8)

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17a

Attempts to restrict naughty lesbians (8)

18a

Not all of you serve an exploitative type (4)

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21a

Dependent on a number of elements!!!(14)

23a

Time's against jockeys making gallops (9)

24a

Tricks of one who proved Fermat's last theorem (5)

25a

Fashion again using nasty polyester, not half poor (7)

26a

Mark gets caught, snitch in school (7)

Down

1d

Headgear for big characters (4)

2d

Holiday region may be conjured up inin a seabird's call (8,7)

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3d

Unsophisticated, seeing unex­pected creature turning up in lake (2-4)

4d

Special unit hides computer program in footwear! (6)

5d

Answer to waterworks problem? I'd cure it, possibly (8)

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6d

Little boxes? (8)

7d

Ruddy good place for writer to produce a detective story? (1,5,2,7)

8d

Penalty on account of bad ref I oft rue (10)

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12d

Freakish mare, the pet that has seven feet (10)

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15d

Ease of provision (8)

16d

Buy a biography? Do something more interesting! (3,1,4)

19d

'Hang around, girl!', we say, in period of inactivity (6)

20d

Gardener's feature in September to April months in Welsh location (6)

22d

Queen, but not our Queen, is someone of original Finnish stock (4)