Guardian Cryptic #28136

2020-05-18

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Across

1a

Tame budgie, preferable to wild ones? (1,4,2,3,4)

9a

Shopkeeper, for example, exchanges staff (9)

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10a

Half of us succeeded, including me (5)

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11a

Initially short period going over issues (5)

12a

Good clean entertainment? Not musical, though (4,5)

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13a

As directed, fires rifles (8)

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14a

Takes plane (American), which lands in the sea (6)

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17a

One may be caught out, losing this (6)

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19a

Like an open field, not sold illegally? (8)

22a

Marks tool badly in hurry (4,5)

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24a

Top honours cut back in a series of steps (5)

25a

List of competitors is in lobby (5)

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26a

Charlie soon with new side: made one of the Saints (9)

27a

One's designs appear on flags (8,6)

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Down

1d

See flow chart is repositioned straight (2,3,4,5)

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2d

One translating Latin, a Roman, perhaps (7)

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3d

Over the moon here to have secret room (4,5)

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4d

Joint titleholder (8)

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5d

A flying shed? (6)

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6d

Instructive sort of book couple picked up in house (3-2)

7d

Book every anaesthetist will have? (7)

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8d

With this you can get a handle on your gambling (3-5,6)

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15d

Watch next to key, a surprising sight (3-6)

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16d

Di abandons hazy intuition (8)

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18d

Small country's boast whole continent listened to (7)

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20d

Monsters with poisonous gas defeat one (7)

21d

Clumsy French drive on it over here (6)

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23d

In Scottish island, install parking app (5)