Guardian Cryptic #28353

2021-01-27

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Across

9a

1 + 50 + 1 = 1? (5)

10a

Around 4, take out the person responsible (9)

11a

Unhappy about eating hot sauce, company leaves European record stores (9)

12a

Orders strong cheese to start with (5)

13a

Leader's fitting in the third person (7)

15a

Put back in forest or earth (7)

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17a

John who lives in a Cambridgeshire village (5)

18a

Short boy skipped half of class (3)

20a

Around Reading, one's selling fish (5)

22a

Excited to be in expensive car with cigarettes (4-3)

25a

Cracked porcelain? No, no, it's a copy (7)

26a

Amazing soldier enters river doing a backflip (5)

27a

Carbon, hydrogen and metals: I turn them into gold (9)

30a

Mocking learner after Day Onecar breaks down around lunchtime (9)

31a

Queen wears hat regularly for courage (5)

Down

1d

Outlaw finally joined gang (4)

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2d

Weakness for very loud ties, at first turning heads (4,4)

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3d

Partner following him? A plant (4)

4d

For each issue, one pound for an ad (8)

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5d

They say London bloke often spouts a lot of hot air (6)

6d

British pub rebuilt as junkyard (7,3)

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7d

Adult 1 — child 0 in martial art (6)

8d

Dispute amount to pay Britain in recession (4)

13d

King Charles initially leads without difficulty (5)

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14d

New nurse cannot take temperature for newsreaders (10)

16d

Old method to lift up more (5)

19d

Zappa's commercial album? Absolutely (8)

21d

Nothing in a girl's novel is creative (8)

23d

From beginning to end, cut crossword solutions (6)

24d

It's uncommon for society to worry about carbon (6)

26d

Bond's boss to query disguise (4)

28d

Response from online church'love' (4)

29d

Shabby articles by English gallery (4)