Guardian Cryptic #28628

2021-12-14

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Across

1a

Councillor's gutted by Oxford's river disaster (6)

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5a

Movednot natural (8)

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9a

Tending to scare off star Liam (8)

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10a

Truncated fancy bra raised temperature (6)

11a

Live within one's means, as a contortionist could (4,4,4)

13a

Essential element of Depression: onset of hunger (4)

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14a

High earners taking in southern mountain air quality (8)

17a

Son with present (sweet flower) (8)

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18a

Break small piece off end of thick raised surface (4)

20a

East Midlands town doctor set child free (12)

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23a

Royal house's beginning to encompass university (6)

24a

Bother an educator and an iconic rebel (8)

25a

Feathers are better than a baton movement (8)

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26a

Uninteresting ladder trial (3,3)

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Down

2d

Eggs, when split by line, part (4)

3d

Old whaler's work: capturing felons in Wash, possibly (9)

4d

Wearing the blue turned up, duck? Figure-hugging! (6)

5d

Immediately when Derby, say, fell (2,3,4,2,1,3)

6d

European region's loud people being grounded (8)

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7d

In public, a romantic American's billiards shot (5)

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8d

State means to create a fast road (10)

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12d

Move of bishop to China, not a fate that's rectified (10)

15d

Meadow saffron for the Coventry horsewoman? (5,4)

16d

One who's been caught arriving with drugs in need of support (8)

19d

Newspaper possibly reveals 'Goddess married to heartless youth' (6)

21d

Proust's character is weak, going in opposite directions (5)

22d

You once cut many hundreds (4)