Guardian Cryptic #28855

2022-09-06

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Across

7a

Officer's English degree is specialised for an American (7)

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8a

Order within tea room (7)

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9a

Poet dropping right in (4)

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10a

Note: master of riding waves to rise up once more (9)

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12a

During scare, lacking guts, not turning into this? (5)

13a

Soldiers welcome band signing up again (8)

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15a

Former F1 champion's peak? (4)

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16a

Character from Porridge breaks into vault which ends in trouble (5)

17a

Troy departing from barren island (4)

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18a

Perhaps roofer's chicken after heading to tower (8)

20a

Tortured antihero's been abandoned by Richard in scrubland (5)

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21a

Man receives a million to get Pele playing with zest (5,4)

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22a

Happy statebeing hugged by grandad on vacation (4)

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24a

Joined one inside and exercised (7)

25a

National insurance's introduction is real variable (7)

Down

1d

Chairman devouring last of curry sauce (4)

2d

Cricket ground has slower ball spinning: all out, including duck (4,4)

3d

Cheddar, possiblycheese, finally eaten by king (6)

4d

Orders around half of your tablets in such buildings? (8)

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5d

Spoil 1 + 1,000 + 2? (6)

6d

River crosses northern valley (4)

11d

Extra cost keeping car in drive outside entrance to home (9)

12d

Economist hits out over money (5)

14d

Pole position or third, thereabouts (5)

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16d

Improved, he can dribble during final (8)

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17d

Press into service in City (8)

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19d

In London, stop politician hiding in box (6)

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20d

Theory that alcohol is more than the sum of its parts? (6)

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21d

Even Alsatians rested (4)

23d

Clever stories have no intro­duction or conclusion (4)

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