Guardian Cryptic #28214

2020-08-17

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Across

1a

Backside mostly elegant and shocking (11)

9a

Absorb European margins before tax (7)

10a

For starters, Yoko Ono likes kippersshe also coddles some egg (4,3)

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11a

Chuck Yeager maybe rewriting top titles (4,5)

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12a

Violent end met by destitute retreating soldiers (5)

13a

They say command and control (4)

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14a

Petrel shot with 13 guns here! (10)

16a

All done at last, exactly what's needed (10)

19a

Help gambler to choose the odds (4)

20a

Sticks and leaves covering rooftop (5)

21a

In prison camp almost come down with right kind of fever (9)

23a

Cats love playing a bit of music (7)

24a

Publican in Essex keeps dogs (7)

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25a

Manage to follow street code with a listening device (11)

Down

1d

Red activists get organisedthat shows lots of guts! (9,6)

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2d

Shares making a comeback for single master (5)

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3d

Will do the clue again? (7)

4d

It will purge 1 down of muscly stereotypes (7)

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5d

Writers were aware of extremes (4,4)

6d

Have no money left in bank account for trip (4,4,7)

7d

Toss rowers around shallow endthey aren't heavy (13)

8d

One using needles to fix cut-up curtains (13)

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15d

After emergency exits cleared, head off to find visor (8)

17d

Keep exclusively clean rubbish! (7)

18d

New revolutionary cause to emb­race new subtle differences (7)

22d

One of 24 doing somersaults (5)

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