Guardian Cryptic #28756

2022-05-13

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Across

1a

Adult female has messed about with speed (4,5,5)

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8a

Way to bitch regularlynot if this (5)

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9a

Stage name of chairman carrying large first book? (8)

11a

Film literally produced down under (7)

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12a

Proverbial madman on tail of nervous wreck (7)

13a

Simpson breaking bugger's back where fights occur (5)

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15a

Blast, say, dynamite left by sailor around vacated emplacement (9)

17a

Unpredictable statestorm is brewing (3-2-4)

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20a

Bent solver caught by question (5)

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21a

Cherished getting nonsense on tap (7)

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23a

Rabble-rousing shunning leader in newspaper issue (7)

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25a

Yacht leak to be fixed (8)

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26a

Way to work on sadly curtailed mission (5)

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27a

Deviant sex in cemetery introducing good ways to escape (9,5)

Down

1d

Meal deal might be used by him, if served up with drink shortly beforehand (4,3,5)

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2d

Sponge John having picked up a bit of fluff (5)

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3d

One who follows somebody on Radio Four, ultimately (9)

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4d

Service breaks in general essentially all together (2,5)

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5d

Masculine types work for wimp (7)

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6d

Commotion in area south of back-to-back houses (3-2)

7d

Unreasonable dunce would be this (1,3,5)

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10d

Through these you can see jockey ride lionswow! (5,7)

14d

Current example in New Street covered by press (3,6)

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16d

Get rid of character abroad, caught by international venture being withdrawn (9)

18d

Old tax office work finally getting a little tedious (7)

19d

One refusing to buy anything (7)

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22d

Mathematician once picked up in tanker (5)

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24d

Starts to interrupt reporter, asking questions in a form of Arabic (5)

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