Guardian Cryptic #28017

2019-12-31

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Across

1a

Money is betterland contracts (7)

5a

Deviate from act in motion (4,3)

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9a

Carpet Power's removed mark (5)

10a

Act on stage (9)

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11a

Naughty individual goes in after energy is discharged (10)

12a

Worried about novice and others (2,2)

14a

Assertions from Aldi: 'Tesco ran badly' (12)

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18a

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21a

Vehicle needing day to book (4)

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22a

Cook steak dinner primarily? Win, having lost weight with it? (6,4)

25a
18a

TV work to state Clare Balding is racing (9,12)

26a

Suffer through short treatment (5)

27a

Matter for reflection: sit and think (7)

28a

I'm laughing with Tales For Suckers (7)

Down

1d

Dog with stick up on deserted Exmoor (6)

2d

Kitty eating a bishop's bird (6)

3d

Backing up computer work, rest­oring deleted spread­sheet, initially for owners' documents (5,5)

4d

Can run inside to get American grub (5)

5d

Doctor protects drug, making injection for certain people only (3,6)

6d

Smell bottom of toddlerit's alarming! (4)

7d

Went round green filling in two holes in order (8)

8d

Rich celebrity who believes in destiny (8)

13d

Gets up on time, not good getting rest (10)

15d

American, however, is extremely thick (9)

16d

They reckon a bad copper enters section (8)

17d

Place for knocking shop at the back: make love with rest when light goes on (8)

19d

Fruity thing with desire to get laid regularly outside (6)

20d

Upset sergeant major goes off and attacks (6)

23d

Standard paper to deliver (5)

24d

Further part for choral society (4)

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