Guardian Cryptic #28559

2021-09-24

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Across

1a

Apt reading Bond created (10,4)

8a

Cooking range that's popular once more (5)

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9a

Aleksandr, Sergei and Oleg are just pets, I hear (8)

11a

Someone sure to succeed but isn't sharp (7)

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12a

Cocktail attachment (7)

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13a

Sub edited unfinished column (5)

15a

Classmates or upper-class mates? (4,5)

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17a

Wader changes colour (9)

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20a

Earth and lime mixture providing resin (5)

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23a

Novice competitor (7)

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25a

Cook lining up initially one type of pasta (8)

26a

Publicity for Farah? (5)

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27a

Self-centred response from Jill after fall (2,3,5,4)

Down

1d

All the cops in new uniform? Wrong! (5,7)

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2d

Outline for military service? (5)

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3d

Topless Italian has to tickle bottomless numskull (9)

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4d

First of the girls with simply tailored tunic (7)

5d

Work in a supervisory role, like a bishop? (7)

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6d

It's terrible about half of lake having dried out (5)

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7d

Take choir trip to Jerusalem, say (9)

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10d

Brother who keeps mum (8,4)

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14d

Medicare provision originally organisedit's now or never! (5,4)

16d

Deteriorates, as a user may (4,2,3)

18d

Isolated rock from Route 51 (7)

19d

Time for ironing? (7)

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22d

Backer on the Tube? (5)

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24d

Calls on head regularly for welcome (5)