Guardian Cryptic #28251

2020-09-29

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Across

9a

Troublesome person with stick always set about music maker (4,5)

10a

Inventor showing regret when putting off engineers (5)

11a

Something sweet to stick around lettuce (7)

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12a

Without thinking, building home next to an East Anglian city (7)

13a

Quail a bit when crossing lake (5)

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14a

Understand an old rocker with very little energy at first did nothing (9)

16a

Yes, mama is upset with a child stupidly making bloomer (10,5)

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19a

Surgery as answer to disease that in extremis takes time (9)

21a

Writer offering brill Old English (5)

22a

Someone terrible following game around in vehicle (7)

23a

Number of fashion items in Mary Quant's era (7)

24a

Part of island in Caribbean captured by the French (5)

25a

First to collect rags, even when chucked? (9)

Down

1d

Like a sort of play that could make critic go mad almost (10)

2d

Country inn with memorial outside it (8)

3d

Spiritual advice to Moses in warehouse (6)

4d

Heading north over line, I stare (4)

5d

Where you'd presumably find hellish types with old cricketer under a shadow (2,8)

6d

Affected little devil wasn't sincere (8)

7d

Burning paintings maybe outside private room (6)

8d

Presidential candidate once sounded a bit wet (4)

14d

Lass in evil misbehaving? (10)

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15d

Plea from someone wet and helpless with a certain peck? (3,7)

17d

Penultimate part of Shakespear­ean play is beginning to move into vigorous campaigning (8)

18d

Break with trendy element of festival entertainment (8)

20d

Celebrity children, not one of them accepting the present (6)

21d

It's right to check when there's sign of something wrong inside (6)

22d

Start to make everybody walk (4)

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23d

Biscuit containers the wrong way up (4)