Guardian Cryptic #28718

2022-03-30

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Across

1a

No fresh watercolours? (9)

6a

6 down or its opposite, with singular interruption (5)

9a

Zealous group from bygone age recalled (5)

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10a

Flurry of snow in top observation post (5,4)

11a

Silly man perversely pinching church collection (10)

12a

Beam in sports venue back to front (4)

14a

Job-sharing journalist butchered (7)

15a

Stand in for Republican first lady penning tale (7)

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17a

Father returned superfluous tool (7)

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19a

Abandons worried dons when students are away (7)

20a

Fair where one can no longer go? (4)

22a

Trees flourished, it's said, in leading industrial nations (5,5)

25a

Nasty punctureit's been mended touring Alaska (9)

26a

Stars from Mourinho's last club possibly retiring (5)

27a

Approaching Turkish capital in darkness (5)

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28a

Supplies weight to tilt part of mechanism (4,5)

Down

1d

Part of pipe introducing a water source (5)

2d

Founder of monastic order revered in Spain (9)

3d

Player is entering races on ice (10)

4d

Preserved, though the worse for wear (7)

5d

Pressure admitted by rather scholarly doctor prone to slips (7)

6d

Police raid road transport depot, finally (4)

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7d

Cornish listener's promise? (5)

8d

Revolting chaps last to arrive in bustling terminus (9)

13d

Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight (5,5)

14d

President continues to ridicule housing fines (9)

16d

Get rid of extra tip foolish European added (9)

18d

Like-minded party people eating battered fish (7)

19d

Guts shown by injured cavers with current coming in (7)

21d

Provincial leader called for transport strike (5)

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23d

Whimsical Liberal peer sent up (5)

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24d

Top course for bobby (4)