Guardian Cryptic #28233

2020-09-08

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Across

1a

First chapter on one subject (5)

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4a

Broken bones setit's done conscientiously (4,4)

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8a

Top man in Hatton Garden included in deal? (4,2,8)

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10a

Credit cuts all the same, flipping cheek! (8)

11a

Apparently takes action against publisher (6)

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12a

Listened in with appreciation, then reprimanded (9)

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15a

Line taken by a king that was shot at Agincourt (5)

17a

Works the land undisturbed, taking spades back (5)

18a

Fixed result condemned by party (7,2)

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19a

Linen salesman returns no outdated clothing (6)

21a

Dr Spooner's disposed of heart abscess caused by virus (4,4)

24a

Pioneering tsar's exotic voyages (14)

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25a

Troubled wife avoids fights with son (8)

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26a

Dressing Ayr's latest civic dignitary (5)

Down

1d

Prepare to testify to conduct that ends violently (4,3,5)

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2d

Semi-dim friend keeps count with mounting energy (9)

3d

Singers from church knocked back port (5)

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4d

Veteran sent up guns in un­opened case (3,6)

5d

Feel anxious, hampering style (4)

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6d

Reserves unlikely to find a place where work's paid for (9)

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7d

Unfortunate case of Hindu ascetic begging alms (5)

9d

Relapsed badly after triumph, resulting in draw (5-7)

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13d

Rebel is compelling, knight admitted (9)

14d

State capital one missed when touring (3,6)

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16d

Set to record unknown cancer therapy (9)

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20d

Bug in water very close to surface (5)

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22d

Barrier breached by workers' allianceit's a fact (5)

23d

In short, there's no female candidate for board? (4)

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