Guardian Cryptic #29119

2023-07-11

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Across

7a

Redesigned green bin for starter (8)

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9a

Scottish chieftain going after Englishthat's a gas! (6)

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

THANE (“Scottish chieftain”) going after E (English)

10a

Quit strike force (4)

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Triple definition

11a

Leave additional guidance for those obsessed (3,3,4)

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12a

By means of gravity, artist creates something arousing (6)

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14a

Find out about dead becoming bloated (8)

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15a

Transport used by some in metropolitan demography (6)

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17a

One showing a desire for essentially deadly sadism acts (6)

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20a

Illumination needed for blatant hold-up? (8)

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22a

Little Christopher at school that's in poor taste (6)

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23a

Amazon and Google, perhaps, stir up bad manners (5,5)

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24a

Extremely banal operatic group (4)

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25a

You must be broke being on such drugs (6)

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On your UPPERS = “broke”

26a

Realises old wives are appealing inside (8)

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Down

1d

Artist beset by duke, one demanding women's rights (8)

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2d

Drop wrong end of stick (4)

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3d

Imagines content being rewritten to create a mystery (6)

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4d

Denied having applied more polish (8)

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5d

Artificial ham built fat without a hitch (5,1,4)

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6d

Crooked furniture used regularly (6)

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(f) U (r) N (i) T (u) R (e) U (s) E (d) [ regularly ]

8d

Sort of therapy necessitating major outlay? (6)

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13d

Cosy up and hang round with hired killer (10)

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16d

Brussels first acquires inform­ation identifying someone espousing discredited science (8)

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18d

Make slow progress when credit is no longer available (4,4)

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19d

Stump set by umpire, occasionally (6)

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S (e) T (b) Y (u) M (p) I (r) E [ occasionally ]

21d

Fit to host just half of brunchit's short (6)

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22d

Gear placed over kind of business lot (6)

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24d

Boy has way to avoid fight (4)

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