Guardian Cryptic #28013

2019-12-26

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Across

8a

Painting by eccentric Somalian (4,4)

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9a

Imagine dense carbon trans­muted into nitrogen (5)

10a

Tip from financial institution (4)

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11a

Student gets top grade, enrolling in less busy cooking courses (10)

12a

The Spanish wait is overit's safe to eat (6)

14a

Like the colour of an ape? (8)

16a

Delicate newspaper has smooth cover (7)

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18a

10 + 100 + 1 + 50 follows special pattern (7)

21a

Government service ready with independence in writing (8)

23a

Doctors injecting drug, a thou­sand get hallucinations (6)

24a

Theresa's annoyed about revised version 22s (10)

26a

Female soldier's extremely regimental (4)

27a

The soul of Great North Run returns to Bury (5)

28a

One bishop, perhaps (8)

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Down

1d

'It smells nice in Sydney' (Englishman and his queen) (8)

2d

Vehicle honked after bonnet's lifted (4)

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3d

Used, it's blown and finally discarded (6)

4d

Liberal and Labour upset over working party item (7)

5d

Advance up a mountain (4)

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6d

Down clue given cryptic revelation (10)

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7d

They take risks travelling outside end of slope (6)

13d

Ask for help second time around: 1 + 5 divides 4? (3,1,6)

15d

Garfunkel's method (3)

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17d

Garland wrote in invisible ink (3)

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19d

Famous person playing god? (8)

20d

License produced peace (7)

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22d

Rare accident involving exercise, one gathers (6)

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23d

Leave pudding? Gutted! (6)

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25d

Secret police admit fashionable offences (4)

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26d

Expression of annoyance when there's no tea (4)

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