Guardian Cryptic #28900

2022-10-28

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Across

1a

Ditch has to be found in county (6)

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DISOWN (deny; abandon; ditch)

4a

Standard requirements on application form reversed for wine seller (6)

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BODEGA (wine shop; wine seller)

9a

Peas in a pod hard when served with roast beef, if out to lunch (5,2,1,7)

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER (people of similar character; peas in a pod)

10a

Nobody has time at the moment (6)

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MINNOW (insignificant person; nobody)

11a

Chances are minimal in the end, very young earner has admitted? (8)

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PROBABLY (in all likelihood; chances are)

12a

Politician always backward-looking, noxious air nauseating, ultimately (4-4)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Where Cassini ended mission, go beyond it (6)

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SATURN (reference the NASA Cassini space mission to SATURN that ended its twenty year mission in 2017 when it ran out of fuel and was directed into the atmosphere surrounding the planet)

15a

Headline story from page penned by hack (6)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Comedian with run of six characters making comeback, we hear? (5,3)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Some singing ’n' dancing originally in Hollywood film (2,2,4)

flowerflowerflower
22a

See 18 down

24a

Royal awards ceremony's ending in hour: Britons had to be decorated (8,7)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Article or essay's backing conjecture (6)

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THEORY (conjecture)

26a

Rubbish recycling set amid predicament (6)

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JETSAM (goods jettisoned from a ship and washed up on shore; rubbish)

Down

1d

One locked up by judge for unholy crime? (7)

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DEICIDE (the killing  of a god; unholy crime)

2d

As De Niro might say, 'Take a seat' in an old chair (5)

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SEDAN (old covered chair for one person, carried on two poles)

3d

Show how novel is biographical reference (4,3)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Demanding love, Gloriana entertained by wit (7)

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ONEROUS (demanding)

6d

Cooler, retired agricultural worker? (9)

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EXTRACTOR (fan which extracts air, gas, etc from a room or building.  Does it act as a cooler?)

7d

Ringed zone around old lake and river (7)

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AREOLAR (descriptive of rings around the nipple or descriptive of the iris of the eye; ringed)

8d

Where accessory may be left in the gap that's up the wall (6)

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HATPEG (somewhere a HAT [fashion accessory] may be left)

13d

Where ships are in peril, Pacific port offers sanctuary to sailor (3,6)

flowerflowerflower
16d

Might one wish to warm fingers up in scaling of Mount Sinai, perhaps? (7)

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PIANIST (one who may warm up by playing scales)

17d

Grey has overcome rise of red squirrel (7)

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HOARDER (one who keeps things; squirrel)

18d
22a

Catholic building in wet field went with the flow, mopping up rug (6,6)

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19d

Possible requirement when shifting vehicle to wind power (3,4)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Highest nest is one of these things (7)

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ANAGRAM (word or phrase formed by the letters of another in different order)

23d

Filthy square (5)

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GROSS (vulgar; filthy)