Guardian Cryptic #27898

2019-08-13

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Across

7a

It's cold tea at home with sweetener (9)

8a

For starters in trigonometry, 100 radians equal 83? (5)

9a

’80s duo rejects EU over hydrogen and beats science? (9)

10a

Try drugs, for example (5)

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12a

Artwork made in two seconds by da Vinci, ignoring the odds (6)

13a

Imagine seeing a criminal stealing Victoria's crown (8)

14a

By chief of business's tally, lousy bet leads to unrecoverable money (3,4)

17a

Heartless Tory stifles anger over daughter's misfortune (7)

20a

Hunter reforms parrot-eating man (8)

22a

Spy's licence to eliminate civilians and corrupted leaders — 0-0, say (6)

24a

Old noble in fancy hat and nice clothing (5)

25a

Cryptic fanatic holds recordchild's play? (4,5)

26a

They say you are second, not first, Man City (5)

27a

Estimated cost of passage taken (9)

Down

1d

Page has to be translated into language (6)

2d

First sofa bed to arrive in country (8)

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3d

Sailor's on rising river runways (6)

4d

Crones change direction from head to foot (7)

5d

Play go, as this AI disregarded faint images (6)

6d

Indeed, called crazy (8)

11d

First Lady supported by Republican at all times (4)

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15d

Before end of race, Harry is moved lower (8)

16d

Woman's gamble on husband (4)

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18d

Government's latest reshufflestart to see whole organised perceptions (8)

19d

Think of a rude MP unseated (5,2)

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21d

Boy's brown tin (6)

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22d

Gossip magazine, inside: 'Extremely Careless Adulterers' (6)

23d

Lewis gets disheartening little news on Oxford's missing former president (6)