Guardian Cryptic #28794

2022-06-27

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Across

9a

Wrong call, periodically retracted, is rubbish (5)

10a

PM about to persist in being workshy, say (9)

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11a

Getting beaten doing badly in formal attire (5,4)

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12a

Aussie 14 champ here? (the completed grid represents one) (5)

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13a

Spy cracking lob shot with three players around, a common feature of Wimbledon (7)

15a

States herb covers minced meat item (7)

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17a

Point won, having received ball supply (5)

18a

What's between the players overall (3)

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20a

Guys with no time for relations (5)

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22a
21d

Possible description of 14 ace at a decisive moment (5,2,2,6)

25a

Servants keeping cold eggs for one player here (7)

26a

Data about men serving in shade of 14 12 (5)

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27a

American sports player is best to put on sports clothing (9)

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30a

It's from over the pond or marina with ace waves (9)

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31a

Wall hanging concealed in embarrassment (5)

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Down

1d

Another player, a robotic sort, not extremely cheery (4)

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2d

Swore a lawman will hold steady (8)

3d

Beginning to serve, drag shot (4)

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4d

Poetically add venom to poems no one trashed (8)

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5d

More than one plain kid utterly rejected (6)

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6d

Faulty account penned by fashionable clergyman (10)

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7d

Chilean linesman in underground area (6)

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8d

English play around island (4)

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13d

A youthful Barker's serve wide at first (5)

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14d

Summertime activity which requires seeding? (4,6)

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16d

After a kind of dash, Ms Barker gets result (5)

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19d

Work briefly on examination of part of the head (8)

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21d

See 22

23d

Refreshment that is ace, including bananas etc (3,3)

24d

Trenches so safe when there's been an upheaval (6)

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26d

Swagger when changing ends, creating interest (4)

28d

National sporting fixture on the radio (4)

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29d

US linesman adopting singular position (4)