Guardian Cryptic #28041

2020-01-28

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Across

1a

Who would happily make you smart (6)

4a

Could be pet's collar, missing top piece (6)

9a

Satisfied to clean and beat cloth (4)

10a

A holy play brought in to stir up Windsor? (5,5)

11a

Digger said to be made sexually unproductive (6)

12a

Four obliged to join a decentralised rally (8)

13a

Ground earth to be removed from border fortress (not Italy's first) (9)

15a

Ride south with Peg (4)

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16a

Plant's day off (4)

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17a

Almost share in public function (9)

21a

Old person says 'rain dances' (8)

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22a

Key exercise to cut pound? (6)

24a

Two-tongued individual, bachelor utilising mobile (10)

25a

Cast getting drunk over at premiere of Shrek (4)

26a

Stones gathered at bottom of cliff before new show (6)

27a

Tuck, the musical, gets a new lead (6)

Down

1d

Dismissed and baffled (7)

2d

Catch the sheep? (5)

3d

Banks of getting temperature right inside trousers (7)

5d

Completely exhausted, disagree on going topless (3,3)

6d

Rex withdraws from foxhunting, possibly result of pricked finger? (5,4)

7d

Hampshire river flow try-out (4,3)

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8d

Heavily used when preparing to play the pantomime villain, eastern boy Prince Lew, maybe? (7,6)

14d

1960s' play and film, featuring American club with revolving bar (5,4)

16d

Vicious comeback by female? Pay no heed (7)

18d

Bird shown as 'duck' in list (7)

19d

Manage to put rhyme into Anglo-Saxon language (7)

20d

Confess member's short of $1,000, for the record (6)

23d

One of those who makes a film host? (5)