Guardian Cryptic #28674

2022-02-07

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Across

9a

Deserve to operate as a dockside worker (9)

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10a

Spanish poet coming from Mallorca (5)

11a

Best alfresco function? (5)

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12a

Scotsman and journalist together working initially in a part of Greece (9)

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13a

Silver coin in tin belonging to someone from Barcelona? (7)

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14a

EU slang involved in a Catholic prayer (7)

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17a

Hornby's construction system missing no place in Saudi Arabia (5)

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19a

Maggot first in beef to turn (3)

20a

Informers with partners impounding ship (5)

21a

First-class seminar on one chapter (7)

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22a

Head of urology given endlessly stretchy tool (7)

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24a

Advantage gained by Dutch champion during preliminary race (4,5)

26a

Axe stunted trees (5)

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28a

Catholic about to practise set of beliefs (5)

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29a

Clumsy model sat for Rembrandt's first great painting (3,6)

Down

1d

Impresario slowly taking in capital (4)

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2d

Extremely suggestive text sent to musicians (6)

3d

Millions leaving real snowmen to melt in US city (3,7)

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4d

Crook caught at end of Ramadan in Asian sultanate (6)

5d

Dealer charged outside church taken in by cops (8)

6d

Fish swallowing large lump of earth (4)

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7d

Cambridge mathematician with right approach to resistance (8)

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8d

Drink from California and Virginia (4)

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13d

Head of sport leaving great magazine (5)

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15d

Snigger about raised surface of biscuit (6,4)

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16d

Fibre taken from new sails (5)

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18d

Riddles about Pluto absorbing artist (8)

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19d

Cowboy's money put on a jumper (8)

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22d

Nudity abroad is out of order (6)

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23d

Southern sailors going north catch first of piranha fish (6)

24d

Old horse's kick (4)

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25d

Boozer drinking hooch finally fired (4)

27d

Bishop put on garment over part of nun's habit (4)