Guardian Cryptic #28365

2021-02-10

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Across

7a

Compromising exchanges foolishly flirting Fancy-Fancy at first dares to produce (5-4)

8a

Mind sheikhdom deporting a husband (5)

9a

Tried playing record earlier? Rubbish! (9)

10a

Spy No 2 in Slovakia (5)

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12a

Moon, showing bum in front of polite society (6)

13a

Varied the City football team, after first half's reversal (8)

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16a
17d

Working near the capital (7)

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19a

Sexy garments making comeback in popular nightclub? (7)

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22a

Recognises clue about breaks for refuelling (3,5)

25a

Greek character amongst posters becoming pests (6)

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27a

Bowler in match between close rivals (5)

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28a

Places for burying 15s around a fellow doctor (9)

29a

What most 15s havedogs, too! (5)

30a

Structure of cell makes criminal groan at lifestyle mag (9)

Down

1d

Rage consuming one 10 (6)

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2d

Bad clue butchered by editor originally (can be trained) (8)

3d

Architect agreed with son (6)

4d

No longer pending? Right, get busy! (7)

5d

Theme involves recipe for a certain degree of latitude? (6)

6d

Roman summer resort of note (first book in series) (6)

11d

Fashion leaders in Ascot outfits look stunning too (4)

14d
15d

Cartoon series, a much cooler version of 16 17? (3,3)

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15d

See 14

16d

Broken hot tap? Best cover item in film (3,3)

17d

See 16

18d

Very small bit of a 15? (4)

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20d

Small child's train? Half of it has defaced LNER glass (8)

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21d

A step taken by theme's essential character to become a film star (7)

23d

Superhero gets cinema rocking (6)

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24d

Refined what some tenants may do when rent finally gets raised (6)

25d

Icon sporting a cravat? Not initially (6)

26d

Gardener's tool having removed what's on 14, OK to eat outside of beetroot? (6)