Guardian Cryptic #27964

2019-10-29

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Across

1a

Players putting Irish broadcaster in a spot, according to some (7)

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5a

Southern peninsula, a massive area (7)

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9a
19d

Enthusiast gets to live, say, east of East Span River (5,6)

10a

Obnoxious person was in the van, refusing to bend (9)

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11a

Boxing Day fare that might be imposed on trippers? (4,6)

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12a
24d

No socialiser should be left with a womaniser (4,4)

14a

Ceremonial dancing: it curtails stifling independence (11)

18a

Nark about rifles and stuff, taking a long time (5-6)

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21a
6d

Industrious sorts in active communal working parties (4,4)

22a

Reprobate Dolly pursues Sooty (5,5)

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25a

In vacuous orgy, male smeared sun oil with menace (9)

26a

Block an uncompleted foul (5)

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27a

Antisemitic affair victim ('Y') Freud treated with very little success (7)

28a

Beset by depression, make mistake of only half being a clown (7)

Down

1d

Heartless monarch has church put out (6)

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2d

Strange Lancastrian housing name (6)

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3d

Act the soup-maker and keel over (4,6)

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4d

One who records spill (5)

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5d

Don't join 'Easter Egg' movement (9)

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6d

See 21

7d

Old soldiers flushed out a Scot (8)

8d

Induce rehabilitation in hospital department for TV watchers? (8)

13d

Main part of the rugby team has moved on (5,5)

15d

Indian river ignored by powerful businessmen who hope to become major players (9)

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16d

Hair colour like Henry James, perhaps, cut by Latin? (3,5)

17d

An unhappy existence of stick-retrieval etc? (4,4)

19d

See 9

20d

Cooker put on time program? (6)

23d

Praise miniature railway in container (3,2)

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24d

See 12