Guardian Cryptic #28640

2021-12-29

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Across

7a

To survive on regular contrib­utions, it's problematic (7)

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8a

Flies in the face of danger, one party's leader: that's final, period (7)

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9a

Sound of insect or fly (4)

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10a

Harvest disease leads to making one unconscious (6,3)

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12a

The corrupt accept this: to live, cut by ridicule (5)

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13a

Everything under the sun I ever recollected (8)

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15a
16a

Mark a clue that does this for golf (9)

16a

See 15

17a

Greens on cycling: 'That hurts!' (4)

18a

Boatman involved in terrible ordeal, but winning (8)

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20a

German poet translating King Lear, removing an entry for Goneril (5)

21a

Some say terrible judge gives mark for changing letters (9)

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22a

American poet's name with no apostrophe S, hyphenated originally (4)

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24a

You might sling one inverted comma in covers of hardback (7)

25a

Very corrupt senior type (7)

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Down

1d
23d

Chubby seal. (4,4)

2d

Star in hurry loses hour by chance (8)

3d

Heroine, tragic victim of hubris? Old enough to see through this (6)

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4d

Might this describe Boatman: finished with work? (8)

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5d

It might be oblique note to follow Mark, perhaps: ringing endorsement (6)

6d

Substitute neither first nor last at first (4)

11d

There's no end to early morning link-upwhatever you want! (3,4,2)

12d

Catch drivers' panel ignoring punctuation (5)

14d

Mark is cross, twice (5)

16d

Find difference at the bottom of writing (8)

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17d

Mark is England's first to settle (8)

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19d

States 'authentic' writing (6)

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20d

Row of crop marks (6)

21d

Impervious to argument about half of deaths, full stop! (4)

23d

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