Guardian Cryptic #27941

2019-10-02

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Across

8a

Tory Right blocking liberal colleague (8)

9a

He'd call regularly, bearing cake (6)

10a

Cases of Gewürztraminer, exceptionally pale (4)

11a

Destroying terrains of Amazonia, for example (10)

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12a

Soppy female and sheepish male (6)

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14a

Possibly lacking exercise, topless physique is classically epic (8)

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15a

Generators died, rotating such a lot (7)

17a

Fixer full of limitless gas and wind (7)

20a

Allowed astronomer to leave Earth, with fatal consequences (8)

22a

Slick lie yielding students a sneaky day off (6)

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23a

Local store fleeced a policeman, according to Spooner (6,4)

24a

Run into revolting boozer and belch (4)

25a

Thinner axes bend, we hear (6)

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26a

Idle criminal has siestas (3-5)

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Down

1d

Boris yet to exercise temperance (8)

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2d

Suspect humming head off (4)

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3d

Tearaway ultimately at fault (6)

4d

Mischief and deadpan gags having malign influence (7)

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5d

Identical small females throwing tantrum (8)

6d

Cult's on-air broadcast not heard by us (10)

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7d

Serbia sedulously protecting partisan (6)

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13d

Attila upset retired nut gatherer (10)

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16d

Where wise creatures gather, spreading wise lore (8)

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18d

Settler perhaps restraining road rage (8)

19d

Tree, which reportedly gave girl optimism at last (4,3)

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21d

One turned up clutching £25 for Tom Jones? (6)

22d

Group of musicians adjust private parts (6)

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24d

Brahms and Liszt refusing to defect (4)

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