Guardian Cryptic #28815

2022-07-21

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Across

9a

Cheapo larch houses extremely cold (5)

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10a

English old gold coin one has for giving a lesson (9)

11a

Block A, location of Paul's dramatic transformation (9)

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12a

Limits of expansion in dull material (5)

13a

Observe drinks holding temperature with sun (7)

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15a

Head of the hospital department, Margaret, is a help in securing temporary accommodation (4,3)

17a

One sat out after taking top from pot noodle? (5)

18a
28d

What cows do with Mark is not nice (3,4)

20a

Drug to be taken after mealsbother! (5)

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22a

Holding back name for male leads to cursing (7)

25a

Rave organised by North American port stuck in routine (3,4)

26a

Lawyers next to God, here in Scotland! (5)

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27a

Get touchy again, bringing rook into centre play (9)

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30a

Skill in wangling ten spades? (9)

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31a

Time to cuddle up to current bedtime companion (5)

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Down

1d

Small sweet tuber (4)

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2d

Climber's cleat is abandoned around mountain top (8)

3d

Mars is missing hydrogen supplies (4)

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4d

Poetry virtually set in concretea change for the worse (8)

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5d

Brooke, rugby union forward? (6)

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6d

Hot air added to temperature above station (10)

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7d

Snatch some sleep after Josh (6)

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8d

In short, 'ermine' is an expression (4)

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13d

Did sponge with fancy pie and date? (5)

14d

Man in Texas making testers (10)

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16d

Really important to get on someone's nerves on air (5)

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19d

About to break two arms badly, making a heap of soil (4,4)

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21d

They produce flavouring aids, seen in a different light (8)

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23d
24d

Formation of timeless dark matter, eg on new area of productive land (6,6)

24d

See 23

26d

Support end of pipe in watering-hole (4)

28d

See 18

29d

Tolstoy's lost, wilfully abandoned plays (4)