Guardian Cryptic #28174

2020-07-01

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Across

1a

Labourer's assistant could be so devious (9)

6a

Believe house comes with vacant grounds (4)

8a

Switching on Apple with new version of office (4-4)

9a

Hail lovely ground (6)

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10a

Wretched old Tory right-wingers holding back (6)

11a

Excitedly anticipating a modest backing (8)

12a

Dodge Row (6)

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15a

Lofty's 'prior use' rumpus (8)

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16a

Place vessels around large plot (3,5)

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19a

Board's on edge? (6)

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21a

Dancing rumba without a singer for protection (8)

22a

A zek or tsar with wings clipped, backing coup (6)

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24a

Soak vessel and put back (6)

25a

Pence's 'thing'? Just a little bit (8)

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26a

'Earth', the artist said (4)

27a

That's how pie ceremony reveals a fine specimen (9)

Down

1d

Stimulant blows head off drinker! (5)

2d

Working men in Black Country (7)

3d

Very last of troupe to quit demonstration (5)

4d

Old reports about Ursula's first bloomers (7)

5d

Lee proved to be sporting photographer's solution (9)

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6d

Colt might be secured by this composer, on reflection (7)

7d

One-time superior European city with lake by old road (5,4)

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13d

Warning: a large branch by our cartoonist (5,4)

14d

Rigid principles for the running of public transport (9)

17d

Exercise right to sit on panelthat's a crime (7)

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18d

Start to smoke joint and smell clean hair (7)

20d

Mass association of king and clergy member shortly in church area? (7)

22d

One leaves the old governor's band (5)

23d

Sort of boomerang likely to lose line and deviate (5)