Guardian Cryptic #28540

2021-09-02

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Across

1a

Enjoys drink after chum's come around (4,2)

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5a

Tree choked by parasitic plant in a miserable state (8)

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9a

Guardian boss goes after officerfactual accounts shouldn't be this! (8)

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10a

Poor cast includes three from Swedish group (6)

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11a

Food enthusiast gobbles starter for lunch (4)

12a

Chase down weak animal round with heart aflutter (3,2,5)

13a

A pair of females streak, creating disturbance (6)

14a

Make familiar sound of a zany (8)

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16a

Bombast from silly rich Tories is to be ignored (8)

19a

Home help with a superior manner keeping quiet (2,4)

21a

Publicist with gift for concealing decline (5,5)

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23a

'Little river' one will present here (4)

24a

Simple fellow eating nothing gets wind (6)

25a

A socialist gets to sit back inside, being detained (8)

26a

Idiots given noticesuch must face the reckoning (8)

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27a

Something handed out for daughters to tuck intoit's child's play (6)

Down

2d

Pleasant life or still life? (1,4,2,8)

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3d

Tongue-tied Oxford don to make love with hesitation (7)

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4d

Artist dunking pencil into beer (9)

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5d

Mother figure spreading heavenly food around party (7)

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6d

What gives some gripestomato sauce (5)

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7d

A drop of rain once more elevated river (7)

8d

Bizarre banall I must eat's a Scotch egg, some claimed (11,4)

15d

Put in lodgings right by unusual tree in courtyard (9)

17d

Silk suits more crumpled I'm to get rid of (7)

18d

Revolutionary with others turning up in compound (7)

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20d

Examined? That's not new after half-term (7)

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22d

Relations to make trips, heading off (5)

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