Guardian Cryptic #28486

2021-07-01

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Across

1a

In class this boy when ordered sat, the creep (8,3)

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9a

What makes page dirty? A sort of bonk-lit (3-4)

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10a

Swedish scientist is retired tennis champion (7)

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11a

Wickedness accepted by rich man: time to sell up (9)

12a

No Tolkien character gets backing to sing (5)

13a

A comedy show about to drop pet cat (4)

14a

Secretive, after spilling cereals without paying attention (10)

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16a

Trick ref and get United flyingon a roll (10)

19a

Buffoons lowering the odds of seeing these? (4)

21a

Inserting end of chisel, make bigger hole in sphere (5)

22a

Evoke birdsong, not one of the top three we hear (4,5)

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24a

Port and cheese nicked, neither finished (7)

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25a

May baby's nature appear at first unusual? (7)

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26a

Unequally carve up goose, madly merry tucking in (11)

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Down

1d

Filthy carpet may eventually appear excellent (4,4,7)

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2d

Curfew fully obeyed with no extra charges? (3,2)

3d

Greek goddess accepting one of her characters as mistress (7)

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4d

Run over me, stopping short as a favour (7)

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5d

Child's hero follows papa as a minister (8)

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6d

Suggesting better clothes shouldn't be put on, being drunk (3,5,3,4)

7d

Dessert's up: at last spoon out and get a move on (6)

8d

Mean to be wasting years? Not altogether (6)

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15d

Newton was to emerge to get into motion (8)

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16d

What operators wear in prison? (6)

17d

University department failing to employ Conservative (7)

18d

Festivalit lifted a Roman province (7)

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20d

Turn cross, receiving hard riddle from one (6)

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23d

Establish there's nothing in cash (5)

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