Guardian Cryptic #28850

2022-08-31

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Across

9a

Tip of tusk, just about trunk (5)

10a

Guardian's problem with Openreach (9)

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11a

Perhaps retreat in blunder, losing knight and corps entirely (5,4)

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12a

Moving record of old poet taking last of coterie cycling (5)

13a

Parts listed discovered for singer, perhaps (7)

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15a

Careless manicure, losing one of digits (7)

17a

Salmon oil, a regular early pro­tection for young vertebrates (5)

18a

Type of rock almost a joke (3)

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20a

Reports of slate being quarried (5)

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22a

Prickly character criticised nationalist answer on energy (7)

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25a

Tastes juice, returning to drink coffeenot a tea, say (7)

26a

Cladding of marble: ideally, even, it could be gold (5)

27a

Hide rock, one that holds gold? (9)

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30a

Terrible person makes noise about Conservative freedom with no rest (9)

31a

Society suffering, but they’re making record profits (5)

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Down

1d

Stick of rock? Not one Boatman supports (4)

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2d

Running after light that may be seen through this rock (8)

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3d

Make a hole in second rock that may hold gold (4)

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4d

Pull together in Cuppers, otherwise one is sunk (6,2)

5d

One swims in under rock (6)

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6d

Type of rock like lead? (5,5)

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7d

Having more weight applied to type of rock, say (6)

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8d

The Rock screens lead role (4)

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13d

It’s found in rockafter support it gets to grow (5)

14d

Spooner's rocky nation, you might say, is independent (5-5)

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16d

Barrels of rock taken off vessel, leading to questions (5)

19d

Nobody initially excited over faltering A-list marriage (8)

21d

Heads learn it's unusual (8)

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23d

River Rock? (6)

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24d

Road’s ruined: bumps initially accumulate on the surface (6)

26d

A salty thing, Boatman called 'saint with heart of stone' (4)

28d

Carved from tufa stone, immoveable (4)

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29d

Rock from upper bits of tundra: igneous lava terrain (4)

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