Guardian Cryptic #28472

2021-06-15

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Across

1a

Events with food, involving skill (7)

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5a

Channel 50: see Doctor Who outside (6)

9a

Around freezing, I talk nonsense to snowball? (8)

10a

Island the French shed tears over (6)

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12a

Play a trick on, as a chauffeur might do (4,3,1,4)

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15a

Halt! Sacred ground where many worship (10)

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17a

Turkish commander's in range (3)

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19a

Relative travels around globe (3)

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20a

Taught in primary school to recall short father on the box (10)

22a

Readers of stories? (3,9)

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26a

Old ship builder bites tip of tongue, having sworn (2,4)

27a

Solve cryptic by working with Guardian's first serenade (4,4)

28a

Put half your money to begin with on red, returning to make a killing (6)

29a

Makes certain to blame son if cocaine goes missing (7)

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Down

1d

Forwards? King's better going backwards (4)

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2d

Marciano to lose his footing and sway from side to side (4)

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3d

Computer system at home man­aged to be overloaded with tweets, oddly (8)

4d

Half of nuclear power plant includes electron capture (5)

6d

Conclusions of ball games being played (6)

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7d

Oils (and even parts of flour) can fill us in the UK (10)

8d

Temperature was rising for antelopes in desolate areas (10)

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11d

WC Grace finally caught by childoutstanding 150! (6)

13d

Pod fell over, perhaps set here? (10)

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14d

Fit into Dot's building, otherwise it can stop the horses bolting (6,4)

16d

Tolkien's half-elven lord cycles in verse (6)

18d

Groups of 4 or 2 pints best drunk without bottle-opener (8)

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21d

One being advised when workers gain support (6)

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23d

Somewhat controversial treasure (5)

24d

4 in favour of stealing uranium (4)

25d

For a long time, salaries drop 20% (4)

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