Guardian Cryptic #28565

2021-10-01

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Across

1a

Good knight with lot lost, hit on the field (6)

4a

Man of class, maybe English, with old money and gold (8)

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9a

Performers walk in the auditorium (6)

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10a

Service just the same, no good (8)

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11a

Bohemian learner joining a foreign religious house on holy island (14)

13a

Unhappy fellow 'gutted', we hear? Support found in church (10)

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14a

Trench in meadow ending with silt (4)

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16a

Only off when mad dogs go out? (4)

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18a

Grander lie broadcast by chief villain (10)

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21a

One left in workplace after final day is all right (14)

23a

Vehement cheatPM, I fancy (8)

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24a

Downtrodden worker keeping a promise (6)

25a

Lie dying, sadly giving up (8)

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26a

Harry is safeson's in hiding (6)

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Down

1d

Not all bowling at Edgbaston will get a wicket? (4)

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2d

First of all, horses must be given numbers (7)

3d

Conservative meeting leading bossesare there skeletons hiding here? (8)

5d

The driving idea originally conjured up for supposed royal prerogative (6,5)

6d

Open Voltaire's workdon't close it (6)

7d

Pound troyhalf-forgotten weight (7)

8d

Soldier keeps to rules I lay down (9)

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12d

Most in French resort upset during holiday? One should minimise health risk (11)

13d

Skill needing to keep working in male community (9)

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15d

Cut back on iron? (8)

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17d

Top clue cunningly constructed? This one is word-wise! (7)

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19d

Party with yob carrying drug to distribute (4,3)

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20d

One with fifty occupying beach, say, in Ibiza? (6)

22d

What's loud has listener showing anxiety (4)

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