Guardian Cryptic #28780

2022-06-10

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Across

7a

Hesitant, using gestural and verbal forms of communication (8)

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9a

Name of girl I see misrepresented in contents of blog? Just the opposite (6)

10a

Point, or points, one repeated (4)

11a

The money ran out, eliminating a former Middle East country (5,5)

12a

Used to lack experience, but following advice to young man? Capital! (6)

14a

Heavy work, including some art, is laborious (8)

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15a

Shown how tense it can be in hearing (6)

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17a

Get worked on, using pliers and saw (6)

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20a

Fuel was spread over grate, haphazardly (5,3)

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22a

Exploit source of inspiration when lives lost (6)

23a

Keep quiet about escape before spring, heading for sunshine? (10)

24a

Leaves from Asiatemperature in that part of world has shifted (4)

25a

Odd character that is moved around in anagram of word (6)

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26a

Clear area in emergency, initiallyvery critical (8)

Down

1d

Ambush European soldier heading north, such as Cyrano de Bergerac (4,4)

2d

Intelligence shown by bidders giving their opponents hiding (4)

3d

Gain nothing in this quarter? Be selective (6)

4d

Mineral's in there, mixed with phosphorus (8)

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5d

Negative response about flowers in strong winds (10)

6d

Enters the exam, exhausted, to get prize (6)

8d

Three quarters of strategy rearranged in turn (6)

13d

Opposite of 5 hats (10)

16d

Intellectual heard greeting bishop on street (8)

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18d

Dislike neighbourhood being restricted, with east in disarray (8)

19d

Appropriate, as birds turning up from the south (6)

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21d

Treasures commercial products of mine (6)

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22d

Crazy artists recalled city in Asia (6)

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24d

Middle East abandoned by major power? So it is (4)