Guardian Cryptic #28963

2023-01-10

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Across

1a

On reflection, gang needs to accept bereavement to flourish (7)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

LOSS (bereavement) in reverse of MOB

5a

Island's problem with American transport: no terminus (7)

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SUM (problem) + A[merican] + TRA[m]

9a

A second city's somersaulting dance (5)

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Reverse of A S LA’S

10a

Fly with management, a feature of which is doubles all round! (9)

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11a

Light composition of Rice, incorp­orating classical composer (10)

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12a

Powder used by first alchemists (4)

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14a

Raven, dog and rodent eating new fruit (12)

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BLACK (raven) + CUR + N in RAT

18a

Honourable dignitary's after power lift (12)

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21a

Off-colour and about to enter shaft (4)

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22a

Paying for fine inlaid top furniture item (10)

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PRO (for) + F[ine] + the “top” of I[nlaid] + TABLE

25a

Bad feeling of many against independence leaderone from Italy, maybe (9)

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HOST (many) + I + anagram of ITALY less A

26a

Fungus shape (5)

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27a

Drop gets player finally into touch (7)

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[playe]R in TICKLE

28a

Playing clarinet and briefly leaving performance (7)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Anagram of CLARINET less N (abbreviation of “and”, as in Fish ‘n’ Chips)

Down

1d

Cross bishop breathes irregularly etc (6)

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2d

Painting has the power that a mechanic could make good use of (6)

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3d

Shocksouthern ladies running riot round prison! (10)

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4d

Decoration somehow made large (5)

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5d

Vehicle's way over left side of carriageway, by a river (9)

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STREET (way) + C[arriageway] + A R

6d
24d

Classic story: Short Time from the pen of Francis? (4,4)

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7d

Time's against Shakespeare's wife? Husband's off in the direction indicated (8)

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T + [Anne] HATHAWAY less the second H[usband]

8d

Recklessness of car almost hitting a centre of population (8)

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AUD[i] (car) + A CITY

13d

Marry Hitch? Perhaps, but it's not indicative of a steady heart (10)

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15d

Old playwright having no bottle has eg a whisky accompaniment (9)

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16d

Work period top protection wear for the Met? (5,3)

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17d

Has life in Cairns destroyed flowers? (8)

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19d

Take criminally bad union leader before court (6)

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BAD* + U[nion] + CT

20d

Strong Brussels youth raised in a medieval way (6)

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F (forte, strong) + EU (Brussels) + reverse of LAD

23d

Bill's comparatively astute (5)

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24d

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