Guardian Cryptic #28418

2021-04-13

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Across

1a

High passage diva is struggling with cut (7)

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5a

What's left on, the electricity supply? (7)

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9a
10a

Bishop isn't dignified gatecrashing function (5,9)

10a

See 9

11a

Under threes dancing round newspaper boss (9)

12a

Colourless layer on fringe of arras (5)

13a

Brainbox outspoken in row (5)

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15a

Poorly, one way or another? (2,1,3,3)

18a

Loose family members one's seen in lodge (9)

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19a

Brilliance of recital, cellist making a comeback (5)

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21a

Chicken backing away from gangster (5)

23a

PM's silver ring and Chinese dresses (9)

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25a
26a

Dance groove captured by rockers' material (5,4,5)

26a

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27a

A little baby's sallow from a very deep bed (7)

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28a

Dirt Conservative's found in shoe (7)

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Down

1d

Service vehicles from Italy, it's said (7)

2d
22d

Wild social doput easy chair away (4,5,5)

3d

Say back Caesar's last words to Brutus? (5)

4d

Hands on man's bum during prison time, sent up (9)

5d

Soldier breaking free is not yielding (5)

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6d

Steed in novel Emma is to run badly (9)

7d
17d

Woman rejected current husband, getting together with Harry Barker (5,9)

8d

Rent out foxy clothes in serious fashion (7)

14d

Turning up to fix eg mink or fox coats (9)

16d

Many a chronicler shrinks in recital (9)

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17d

See 7

18d

One's purple in bed, if such frolics end in angina (7)

20d

Being so might make perform­ance of lute fun (7)

22d

See 2

23d

Is a Liberal permitted to barge in here? (5)

24d

Where ratings are lost (2,3)

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