Guardian Cryptic #28143

2020-05-26

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Across

1a

Posture shown by beautifully elevated heads in a square formation (9)

6a

Carmine's watery body? (4)

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8a

Potential health risks of tailless camel eating earth (8)

9a

Smallholders, historically old, residing in the country (6)

10a

Officer's sound heart (6)

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11a

Run over on joining head of funeral cortege (8)

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12a

Pod formed by like-minded artists? (6)

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15a

Vulnerable type of male sadly getting nothing (4,4)

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16a

Book, or a bishop, or a Pacific island (4,4)

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19a

One's out of time, wearing most unlikely current fashion (6)

21a

Rips off in authentic vengeful act (8)

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22a

Tester needs one to probe ape (6)

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24a

Very large area of fair dismantled by state (6)

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25a

Gutless gents put out with ladies' controlled descent (8)

26a

Stately creature, top of stairs, looking sickly (4)

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27a

Seafront is for crew forced to abandon leader (9)

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Down

1d

Saw road agent removing wings (5)

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2d

Vivaldi's first sonata ending in 'not moved by love' (7)

3d

Register wedged in between rollers (5)

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4d

Scrap arrow (7)

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5d

Male with rough leathery sort of skin suffering from redness (9)

6d

Habit of dipping injured toe in fat (7)

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7d

Hose gets kinked, see, when stored in pans (4-5)

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13d

Elect to fix fences? How? (6,3)

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14d

Buck up king with bitter underneath throne (4,5)

17d

A rule cited to make an accusation (7)

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18d

Pacino goes to stage right, getting round quickly? (7)

20d

Country getting first-class return on its capital (7)

22d

It takes cold skin to lecture (5)

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23d

Hull is supported by good English fat (5)

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