Guardian Cryptic #28402

2021-03-25

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Across

1a

Home Office branch last to refurbish fully (2,5)

5a

Tenor tackling new work gets support in studio (7)

9a

Et tu Brute? How wrong I was! (6,4,5)

10a

Instrument could indicate hail, given another tap (5)

11a

Bidding hard to relieve pressure in shipping abroad (9)

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12a

Old fogey rejected dessert and paid (7,2)

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14a

Piece of metal used for part of joint (5)

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15a

Base time indicated (5)

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16a

Bird seed with smoother coating (9)

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18a

Was single potty adequate receptacle for drinker? (9)

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21a

Lines adopted by party harden (3,2)

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22a

Little-used ruling leading to beneficial qualification (2,4,9)

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23a

Husband picked up reference book lacking top cover (7)

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24a

Got into line, prepared for a roasting (7)

Down

1d

Distinct details about superpower (2,5)

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2d

British artist sculpted duke with alarming hat (4,5,6)

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3d

Wealthy leader's funny dog caught traitor (9)

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4d

Concert venue first to exclude northern orchestra (5)

5d

Aberrant, erratic emphasis placed on noun (9)

6d

Updated drainage system, reversing initial direction (5)

7d

Science feature on ancient medicine filling empty pages (8,7)

8d

Seemingly removes autograph from drawings (7)

13d

Lengths first spanned by balls (9)

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14d

Depart suspiciously with Nutmeg's media player (4,5)

15d

Maudlin knight hampered by desire to follow mum (7)

17d

Brooded quietly at home, cutting grass (7)

19d

Ball game void without pitch (5)

20d

Diocesan council, say, ignoring a show of consent (5)