Guardian Cryptic #27922

2019-09-10

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Across

1a

This writer's put on fake leather (6)

4a

Misshaped model is shedding pounds to get a heavenly body (6)

9a

Criticism not entirely crazy (4)

10a

Endless voting one expressed approval ofand tried to secure votes? (10)

12a

Like some urns (some terribly rare), nicked from the east (8)

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13a

Femmes fatales near mates, misbehaving (9)

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15a

Solitary person would be left with this single thing (4)

16a

Small drinks in vessels lacking height (4)

17a

Twenty joining club maybea record at a sports ground (9)

21a

Elaborate situation created by streaker? (5,3)

22a

She's married numberless men, including an old gardener (6)

24a

One assesses resistance to watershed being abused (10,6)

25a

Female artificial in speech (4)

26a

Go on social network, head buried (6)

27a

A bill, say, for a high-ranking Turkish official (6)

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Down

1d

Thus short rope is needed in beauty parlours (7)

2d

Lady troubled about first bit of knitwear that's polyester (5)

3d

The majority needing food to eat, being least contented (7)

5d

No longer having time, stopor run on? (6)

6d

A comic ran about like 'Michelle, ma belle ... ’ (9)

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7d

Football broadcaster beginning to stultify listener (7)

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8d

Copper interrupting nonsense in voting procedure that's shocking (13)

14d

Unled soldiers overtake worker by the way (2,7)

16d

Girl and dog jump (7)

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18d

Most peculiar 22 briefly wearing reddish-brown (7)

19d

Sheep's high-pitched noise, behaving violently (7)

20d

More than one boy that is attractive and healthy in Scotland (6)

23d

Protest over bishopsomething happening at end of service (5)