Guardian Cryptic #28485

2021-06-30

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Across

1a

Male nickname for female writer and activist (6)

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5a

Stout with energy in significantly reduced supply (8)

9a

Money withdrawn invested in flat power unit (8)

10a

Munch berries, audibly, as nut? (6)

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11a

Sheets found in bathroom, matter on linen dry (6,6)

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13a

Trace the first nine letters, backwards (4)

14a

Meat-filled bun for beach picnic (8)

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17a

Substance of planet before sunMercury, say? (4,4)

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18a

Partially covered by green, I was screwing back for red, say? (4)

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20a

Lascivious Tory mug, I sense (12)

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23a

One after crab and lion catching a shrew (6)

24a

Singer in bar punched, assailant finally arrested (5,3)

25a

Things dangling from Biden's trousers, butt tucked in (8)

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26a

Unexpected retreat in the south of France? (6)

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Down

2d
22d

Warmer attack (4,4)

3d

Mark carrying cooker round home? (5,4)

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4d

For no brass instrument, note written up (6)

5d

In truth, a parent fine with head of tribe in matriarch: she's remarkable (6,9)

6d

Cooler dude after royal's bottom cracking princess up (8)

7d

Part of ugly sister destroying process (5)

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8d

Going underground, Louis XIV saving skin, almost (10)

12d

Vehicle with a screw loose on purpose (10)

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15d

Fascinated, when upset network proved an irritation (9)

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16d

Small department so upset with rivals at the table, resign (4,4)

19d

Inventor of the wheel earliest of all, for example, rolling round immense stone (6)

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21d

Leafy vegetable ending in trash breaking heart, say? (5)

22d

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