Guardian Cryptic #28288

2020-11-11

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Across

1a

Striker errs with aim, playing as left-winger? (3,4,7)

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8a

Vote backing a dominant African (5)

9a

Issue, with great caution, a collection of numbers (8)

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11a

Prunella perhaps after entering awful place (4-3)

12a

Voiced private resentment (7)

13a

Venerable Asian teacher returned greeting (5)

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15a

Trick Democrat ousted by Republican Party (9)

17a

Sad quality of cad squeezing round part of Lorraine (9)

20a

A little shaken at almost touching the buttocks (5)

21a

Slight Shylock, following his lead (7)

23a

Cummings primarily a toxic element, not primarily a brainbox (7)

25a

Maintaining speed, a van in York street is purple (8)

26a

Support theatre work's revolving stages (5)

27a

Perhaps spending a penny, old penny's put out (14)

Down

1d

Perhaps this expert's a guide to improved relations (3,9)

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2d

Artisan periodically bottles one drink or another (5)

3d

Call up process to cut carbon emission (9)

4d

Dodgy stocktaker, one noisily thumbing through papers? (7)

5d

Like some mysticism spread in tract (7)

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6d

Chirpy sort almost putting on ceremonial dress (5)

7d

Green train is not heading for Milton Keynes? (9)

10d

Entering straight road, hit a coach in London (5,7)

14d

Comic character pulled up shorts, covering skin (9)

16d

Long drink contains very soft fruit (9)

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18d

Stand up and look at very good dancer (7)

19d

The Chinese ready to eat domestic animal somewhere in Mexico (7)

22d

One on soft drinks during party gets the same again (5)

24d

Perhaps like Bengali's reduced charge (5)