Guardian Cryptic #28891

2022-10-18

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Across

1a

Be rude about accepting college recordings (5)

4a

Composer having suspicion about one? Deny cut (8)

8a

Be in a dodgy situationhesitation and neck may be broken (5,2,4,3)

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10a

Agreement about money held by bridge player being an obvious target (4,4)

11a

A great many retreating after appearance of very good weapon (6)

12a

Military transport heading for Tobruk reversed track with it (9)

15a

Contents of trophy idiot filled with inert gas (5)

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17a

Food item not found in the first part of the dictionary? (5)

18a

Metallic element, rather odd, gathering attention (4,5)

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19a

Individual with German backing for investment? Not subsequently (2,4)

21a

City and I separately probing blue material (cheesy stuff) (8)

24a

Arrangement of this music could leave creator hanging (9,5)

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25a

Informed about keeping several colleges together (2,6)

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26a

Strain is back with pioneering woman (5)

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Down

1d

No work, agitated, upset? It’s best suited for a later course (7,5)

2d

Pictures likely winners, enthusiastic, on board (9)

3d

Tense when investing in source of coal power? (5)

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4d

Newspaper beginning to blush at woman’s figure on the beach (9)

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5d

Physicist, heating element up, runs (4)

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6d

Wound can entail cutting (9)

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7d

International group mostly attractive in its original form? (5)

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9d

Historic accessory for boy’s clothes? I’d look almost silly (3,6,3)

13d

Bird to move across one's view, interrupted by black jet fighter (9)

14d

Army without leader entering level ground? It has potential to crack (9)

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16d

Museum, either end of which is filled with historic items? On the contrary (9)

20d

Go round capital of Italyand you wouldn't see this! (5)

22d

A charitable saint saving her first marine creatures (5)

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23d

Soldier packing a small collection of weapons? (4)