Guardian Cryptic #28383

2021-03-03

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Across

9a

Papers can't lie? Wrong, just the same (9)

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10a

Is Puck good? Ring a friend (5)

11a

Some 'iffy' remedies returned? On the surface, that's rough (5)

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12a

Upset our shy girl right away, as a rascal might (9)

13a

Saw son cut down to 1, for easier assimilation (7)

14a

Another married lover (7)

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17a

Game is second sale item not won (5)

19a

Department investigating contracted detective's retirement (3)

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20a

Lots of actors originally starred in a musical (5)

21a

Crack marksman departed with detective (7)

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22a

Name saint or pope? Brother no longer can (7)

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24a
1d

Artist back in stock, in refined Colorado town (3,6)

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26a

Creamy-white, like a Welshman? (5)

28a

Stoned female content to down 10 beers (5)

29a

Playing darts, lady is mean and wicked! (9)

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Down

1d

See 24

2d

Straight there, after travelling round (6)

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3d

Unadventurous guy? Then the woman stripped off (4-2-4)

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4d

Small-minded? Afraid so! (6)

5d

Conservatives behind the Times newspaper, not the Scotsman (3,5)

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6d

Stood next to current queen (4)

7d

Well-off area: right district selected originally for a Keith or Gordon? (8)

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8d

Doctor X, vegan animal rights activist (4)

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13d

Humming after crossword essentially well-constructed (5)

15d

Flute? Part played is routine (10)

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16d

After tip-off, gets hold of fruit (5)

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18d

Farm vehicle turned up, worked into drawing (8)

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19d

Unfaithful lover is 4 after straying (8)

22d

Death of European with no middle name (6)

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23d

Lots of people, 8 being the 25th of them? (6)

24d

Long for the longer sleepers perhaps half of LNER and one third of LMS used (4-4)

25d

Attention-seeking expression in article by the Edge (4)

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27d

More than one solver yet to finish? Child's play, perhaps, using this (2-2)

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