Guardian Cryptic #28471

2021-06-14

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Across

8a

Platter of fish captivating king and queen (8)

9a

Hears about hard old stuff that's just been changed slightly (6)

10a

Inspect contents of intravenous cannulas (4)

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11a

Court official's relative meaning to meet judge (10)

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12a

Seed to pop back into apple (6)

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14a

Sound of awful insects carrying source of terrible disease (8)

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15a

Space close to patient with bad disorder (7)

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17a

Drug put in lost waste disposal facility (7)

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20a

Face-to-face confrontation exposed about women's party (8)

22a

Fish found round mostly arid Arctic plain (6)

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23a

Plant put in place before I initially arrived (10)

24a

Gag leads to journalist acquiring case of plague (4)

25a

'Vote Labour' rejected by chance (6)

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26a

Animal food given to so-called religious fellow (8)

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Down

1d

Small part of French operation (8)

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2d

Choir leader leaving musical composition without a name (4)

3d

Healer with false alibi's first name (6)

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4d

Group of soldiers ordered to capture kit (7)

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5d

Wrong spring in lock (8)

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6d

Stolen mobile found after tea dance (10)

7d

Set out to catch regular fly (6)

13d

Fairy's sea snail is sort of light blue (10)

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16d

Kit for rugby player burst tyre (8)

18d

Poisonous compound produced from a synthetic protein (8)

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19d

Bed made up in exotic skin is available to buy immediately (2,5)

21d

Fastener on a hot-water pipe (6)

22d

Terrible smoke rising under base of apartment (6)

24d

Crush end of thumb in doorpost (4)