Guardian Cryptic #28576

2021-10-14

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Across

1a

Overcrowded relationships lasting? Erunlikely (9)

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6a

Employer's cat second to be taken (4)

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10a

Cold drink, one originally left behind (5)

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11a

Cave-dweller looked suspiciously at drunk (9)

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12a

Cross mouth of Tay to get to Dundee? (7)

13a

Talks quietly to dogs slipping lead (7)

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14a

Bloody fantastic job (without catch)! How did you get it? (3,3,7)

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17a

Cull in the 18th century perhaps a big step forward (4,3,6)

21a

Doctor paused taking temp­erature for latest news (7)

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22a

Catch journalist drinking rum? On the contrary (7)

24a

Forced flier to land finallypreviously arrested (9)

25a

Going around in the nip, openly intimate (5)

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26a

Live next to a field (4)

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27a

Shots from above hit destroyer's bowlost about six, not nine (4,5)

Down

1d

Set way of raising money? (8)

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2d

Distressing condition initially explored by northern writer (5)

3d

Fan opinionsell-out sounds annoying (5,9)

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4d

Disappoint old and new sports­men at the centresorry! (3,4)

5d

Round trip extremely boring in the event (4,3)

7d

Shock permeates islandwithout cuts taxes shoot up (9)

8d

Sport I abandoned that is extremely rough (6)

9d

Watch blonde running past it (kept changing her mind) (4,3,3,4)

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15d

Dry dayready with the liquid (9)

16d

Fellow coming out in spots, beginning to suspect rash (8)

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18d

Sit around drinking sensible healthy drinks (7)

19d

Creature camouflaged in ball turned over, not dead (7)

20d

EastEnders tough guy is upsetthat's plain (6)

23d

Stars from old film genre turned up (5)