Guardian Cryptic #28112

2020-04-20

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Across

1a

One may go up in a few ticks (4,4)

5a

Alluring, one's castle (6)

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9a

Plain, nothing to excite cockney (2-6)

10a

Sort of chest that may be scraped (6)

12a

Order thesaurus in online form? (5)

13a

Relatives reform, being adaptable (9)

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14a

British legislating blasted for its bad language (12)

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18a

Staying in bed, say, a great honour for a body (5,2,5)

21a

The Commonwealth: it could hardly be more distant from Britain (9)

23a

Refuse left by dyke builder (5)

24a

Giving a signal to be lining up for hearing (6)

25a

Officer rank needed to win a seat? (8)

26a

Getting to the end of this exhausts one's patience (6)

27a

Flag when monarch's aboard ship (8)

Down

1d

Sensitive to pain in small boat (6)

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2d

Almost making a mess of cake (6)

3d

Looking offended, finding bit of toenail in small fish (9)

4d

Man forcefully expelling one with ill will (12)

6d

Some small Amazonian animal (5)

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7d

Alarming to be treated as almost irrelevant (8)

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8d

Served in the army? Not one joined (8)

11d

Dancing, a girl hadn't to lose all momentum (5,2,1,4)

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15d

Italian speaking in a whisper (5,4)

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16d

Respectably neat, is one less likely to be infected? (5-3)

17d

Teacher locked up, being wasted (8)

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19d

Assert a company must employ female (6)

20d

One taking piano course? (6)

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22d

What storms do, circling northern mountains (5)