Guardian Cryptic #28161

2020-06-16

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Across

8a

Board attached to spring is so long (8)

9a

Meal project one's lacking (5)

10a

See 26

11a

Rather excessive pre-divorce settlement (10)

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12a

Temperature over Havana is dire (6)

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14a

Talk on fair's source of illumination (8)

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16a

Taking lead from a South African (deceased), act like Tarzan (7)

18a

Prince and circle not present in penthouse rave (7)

21a

One who refuses to snicker out loud at speaker (8)

23a

Style for service gets go-ahead (6)

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24a

Shame about pump or biro (10)

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26a
10a

Secretive celebrity's large body not evident to viewers (4,4)

27a

Big city, one on western half of Salt Lake (5)

28a

Like William Wallace's outdated tax, this is complicated (8)

Down

1d

Related to a clergy member's completed exam (8)

2d

See 15

3d

Undaunted, I say 'Fancy Cher coming round!' (6)

4d

Every sort of grey sensitivity (7)

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5d

Lambert occupies swell place to sleep in USA (4)

6d

Lacking a posh girl's traditional education? It's not done! (10)

7d

Beat trio, almost quiet (6)

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13d

It currently makes western Scotland more temperate (4,6)

15d
2d

Tabloid support for south-east Asian inhabitant (3,4)

17d

Play the politician, ousting queen (3)

19d

Drink noisily, tossing off a litreget up, then stagger (8)

20d

Gad about, like pirates at sea? (7)

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22d

Almost all wood furniture is from the mountains (6)

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23d

Bullets etc found in moorhen's wingsGod! (6)

25d

Mountain peak cracked by ace climber? (4)

26d

Does ancient history start after a point? (4)

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