Guardian Cryptic #27929

2019-09-18

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Across

1a

Existentialist element of religious art rejected (6)

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4a

Don't dump on Raleigh, for instance (7)

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9a

Boozer in loving embrace, failing to shape up (9)

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10a

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11a
26a

King George put away caresslight king, just the same? I came to that conclusion too! (5,5,5,5)

12a

Spend until one's cup overflows? (6,3)

13a

Can be expressed as 'iron-backed yarn' (7)

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15a

It's associated with bridge in tutorial topics (6)

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17a

Bony, very backward duck (6)

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19a

Palace head linked to Pik Botha's ultimate collapse (7)

22a

One who considered being a Swiss miss, almost a pro­vocative one? (9)

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24a

See 11

26a

See 11

27a

A proposer of a Superman fashioned from zinc sheet (9)

28a

Wager from old days settled (3,4)

29a

Convenient place for men to spout? (6)

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Down

1d

Starting price put on ancient German sequin (7)

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2d

River, Polish river (5)

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3d

Reposition wonky bale to be upright (9)

4d

Thief, one making a noise leafing through papers? (7)

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5d

He recognised the absurdity of being Conservative with a problem getting up (5)

6d

Oxygen-enriched form of cast-iron combinations (9)

7d

Fake tears spilled on encount­ering impedance (6)

8d

Make a mess of relieving foreign consulate of can (6)

14d

Falsely testify against one being recruited for fun and games (9)

16d

Mobile program adding energy to British pop starter (9)

18d

Traditional tales of feet that are a joke? (7)

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19d

Land failure (6)

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20d

Reservoir into which old-fashioned writers would be dipped (7)

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21d

Hector heartlessly held in unbelievable slavery (6)

23d

The Mendips housing fix (5)

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25d

Imprisoned in the manner of an ancient people (5)

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