Guardian Cryptic #28539

2021-09-01

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Across

1a

Old university graduate keeps on penning journal (7)

5a

Problem with a reggae-style drumbeat (3-1-3)

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9a

With some medicine bottles, seek water (5)

10a

It ensures well-rounded character votes for Boris? (9)

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11a

What we get called in explosive contest (10)

12a

Constituent of Britain, say, lives life on the edge (4)

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14a

Fiancé exhibits such intense stress (5,6)

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18a

Love to enter race, wanting an achievement (4,2,5)

21a

Vessel brewery carries back and forth (4)

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22a

Dog I'm unsure about since barking in pound etc (10)

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25a

One jogging without a rest (9)

26a

Beater back from reserve overrun by deer (5)

27a

Work of satirist failing to secure new agents (7)

28a

It helps climbers in large area with dry rocks (7)

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Down

1d

They clean behind empty drainpipe in segments (6)

2d

Rough clothing ladies perhaps will be revealing (3-3)

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3d

Permits daughter aboard vehicles fit for Greta? (5,5)

4d

Black-hearted crystalline compound snaps here? (5)

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5d

Err with count badly, needing to engage a teller (9)

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6d

Forest's something eliminated by Brazilian president (4)

7d

Rearing up, tame animals cross threshold (8)

8d

About to dip into novel but Hay Festival's here (8)

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13d

PC still checks on description of stolen goods (10)

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15d

Spotted in nude, wrong is only alleged (9)

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16d

Old king of Spain left in debt-ridden state (8)

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17d

Star's welcoming wave in Barnet, meeting a hero (8)

19d

Celebration: a wild, crazy one (6)

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20d

Fly east over the Channel, then again northwards (6)

23d

Game with two sides touring a country (5)

24d

Curtailed ape's role in Italian opera (4)

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