Guardian Cryptic #28852

2022-09-02

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Across

1a

Support team that's behind (8)

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5a

Cut to protect small firm's capital (6)

9a

Top grub's served up about one here (9)

11a

Hang back in bar after time (5)

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12a

Man on train's an old friend (12)

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15a

Knock down mother reversing out of control (4)

16a

How a user gets sorted by drugs stores (10)

18a

Dodgy girlfriend's revealing tits, perhaps (5,5)

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19a

Butcher's tip to get ace kind of fillet (4)

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21a

Did do rumba, in the middle Anton Du Beke messed up (12)

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24a

Line over river blocked by points failure (5)

25a

Martial artist's naive punch (5,4)

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26a

American market having number joining queue initially outside supermarket (6)

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27a

They might give notes for performers in underwear (1-7)

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Down

1d

Toilets: you must replace old taps (4)

2d

Performers twisting end of musical (4)

3d

Trim bush (6)

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4d

One might pass through customs in Germany chewing a Big Mac with pilot (10,3)

6d

Doing it at work? (2,3,3)

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7d

Dance on screen? Tense performing dance (10)

8d

One sympathises with Wills; he falls out with his grandmother (4-6)

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10d

Performers changing can't be arsed going over lines (6,7)

13d

Fit couple on outskirts of Melbourne, mostly stretched out being in Australia (10)

14d

Places to meet and study before classes (10)

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17d

Panic as hairstyle has length cut off (8)

20d

Note from singer on the radio (6)

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22d

Highly developed knowledge about English (4)

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23d

Lift firm books onto one shelf at the top (4)