Guardian Cryptic #28011

2019-12-23

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Across

9a

Nobelist in job, a man avoiding extremes? (5)

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10a

Preserve a lake after divine leader backed waterway (4,5)

11a

Plant variety of rose ahead of time in bad weather (9)

12a

Couple holding hands, consum­ing punch or wine, not 18 (5)

13a

Given old hat on entering (7)

15a

All in our town changed (4,3)

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17a

Miles covered by you earliertoday it's 14 (5)

18a

Far from right, it may be taken as read by listeners (3)

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20a

Part of Florida house, home to some Americans (5)

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22a

Endlessly vacillate before a game try (4,1,2)

25a

Contrived to share what's within it, we hear (7)

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26a

5, 8, and 18 mixed for PM once (5)

27a

See 29

30a

Arrangement of 18 24 for keyboard instrument (4,5)

31a

Immature party type (5)

Down

1d

Performances in Japan around a skipper 14 cheered (4)

2d

Writer and architect clad in decorative fabric (8)

3d

Wise kind of 31 (4)

4d

Irishman, for instance, Brendan badmouths (8)

5d

Utter expression of pain, like coward (6)

6d

One concerned about climate, or a crew at sea outside port (3-7)

7d

I like nothing about new source of dye (6)

8d

Oxbridge student in team of 21 down (4)

13d

Like house of 24's spouse (5)

14d

Work of 2 that's a kind of 16 (3,7)

16d

Recommend cast across river for fish (5)

19d

Not looking forward to start of dance lesson, say (8)

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21d

Area rented in the south for people having events (8)

23d

Flower girl is very strong (name withheld) (6)

24d

Fruit from African port, for example, sent north (6)

26d

Time for chat, say (4)

28d

Wild party first four in 14 initially arranged (4)

29d
27a

Confuse no solvers about French author's novel (4,3,6)