Guardian Cryptic #28064

2020-02-24

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Across

1a

Girl taking long strides, moving fast (9)

6a

Pulls turf back (5)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Impervious academic eats nothing (5)

10a

Does it collect the views of suckers? (5,4)

11a

Guided by a crooked man (10)

12a

Mock judge always (4)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Wore bra uncomfortably in fight (4,3)

flowerflowerflower
15a

Oddly, their arachnid is an insect (7)

17a

They make a dish with iron (7)

19a

Keeper who saves extravagantly (7)

20a

So hesitantly give dismissal (4)

22a

Scores of eye movements in sleep (5,5)

25a

The way Nazis made progress? (5-4)

26a

Tears flowing: that's shocking (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Scatterbrained? In another case, I could be so described (5)

28a

It delays trader, getting involved with worker, perhaps (9)

Down

1d

Stares stupidly at bunch of fruit, having no resistance (5)

2d

Sort of folder seen in the autumn? (5-4)

3d

Unorthodox, like Humpty-Dumpty's end? (3,3,4)

4d

His services come at a premium (7)

5d

Grant me renewed personal cover (7)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Bird new to this chorus (4)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Came to wonder about fine (5)

8d

Time of revolution that may come to royal ears (5,4)

flowerflowerflower
13d

Make no progress, but hold one's head up mainly (5,5)

14d

Earnestly requested to bury bird with mild deformity (3-6)

16d

Republic one's established inside another (9)

18d

Small wizard railway nerd? (7)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Popular nightclub, where trouble is anticipated (3,4)

flowerflowerflower
21d

In painful condition, love to leave the house (2,3)

23d

Jack, a lover of lean little fish (5)

flowerflowerflower
24d

Reject retreat, the last to stay (4)