Guardian Cryptic #28036

2020-01-22

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Across

1a
13d

Big money, cigarsnot one involved in this (8,3,7)

5a

Peace and love? Left first to cut through pretence (6)

9a

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10a
20a

Wife's getting frisky with actor on Peakynot a good one (1,5,5,2,4)

12a

Herbert's story entertains a majority of regulators (11)

15a

Exercise in order for man? (5)

17a

Queen stage musical reviewinitially it's repetitious (9)

18a

Bird (Romeo's second) managed to break bed (9)

19a

Tame! Newcastle after setback having big clear-out (5)

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20a

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24a

Selfish being last to come and first to leave (6)

25a

Press release about bishopit's explosive (4,4)

26a

Maneater makes advance prince rejected? (6)

27a

Developed at last the battery's storage capacity (8)

Down

1d

Books turned up in seconds, one after the other (4-2-4)

2d

Hosts banquets, taking quick look round insideDuke's not there! (10)

3d

Free barI'm full to capacity (5)

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4d

Required to stop poverty, no end to sick state's failing (12)

6d

Greeting Henry with hot drink outside (9)

7d

Remain in Mulholland Drive? (4)

8d

Jennifer finally leaving as Johnson was dressing (4)

11d

Guardian's German writer taking one in (as I do here) (12)

13d

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14d

Strange about a king turning into stone (10)

16d

Poor shot selection at start splits Mark's supporters in opening frame (9)

21d

She has nothing over Ruby (5)

22d
23d

Variable working horrorcue to act over numbers initially on it? (4-4,8)

23d

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