Guardian cryptic crossword Christmas special

[Pages:1]Guardian cryptic crossword Christmas special

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7 Showing complete attention, but

1 Cocky attitude of husband with

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lacking a touch of expertise, at places

French writer, warning of heart-

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for cats -- one he twice disturbed for

breaking time (7; 7)

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another (7; 7)

2 Agile fellow's landed first on

8 Top of rickety store badly listing

Cockney's house, split screen and

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-- detail Sid to miss out incorrect

windpipe, at regular intervals,

reductions (7; 7)

somehow (10; 6,4)

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operation not missing in Illinois city

gift to electronics firm from East

(6; 6)

Bahrein, not odd (6; 6)

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11 Write one's name at church for redemption and relaxation -- rode

4 Conductor's indication is lacking authority, support and style at

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around and got better (8; 8)

governmental unemployment

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12 Star Wars hero left small instrument

scheme (8; 8)

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at gig -- eventually starting on time

5 Girl from Paris, laying low for a

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(4; 4)

second before starting out (4; 4)

13 Regulator who leads the field early

6 Rods for fish, rather fashionable

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on, from time to time during short

before transaction (7; 7)

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spells (10; 2,8)

9 Horrify a Greek islander on

15 Switches company books and cast

mountains causing annoyance about

out consumerist pervert (11; 11)

feeling I must leave (11; 11)

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19 Appropriating your ideas, as you

14 Flighty woman with top-class letters

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thought fishwife who comes and

sets out quiz prior to blast-off (3,7; 6,4)

does (10; 10)

16 Inculcates everyone with notes

21 Mouths open -- really agog at first

about crew member eating bit of wet

No 27,388 set by Maskarade

for Rita during elegant unexpected melody (4; 4)

fish (3,5; 3-5) 17 Live with server and turn against

Each clue consists of two parts, the first providing the solution

22 Fabric rail with three articles

opportunist changing heart for poet

for the left-hand grid and the second for the right-hand grid.

providing warmth for Grace? (8; 8)

(4,3; 7)

However, a letter must be added to one of each pair of solutions 24 Warning what water is and empties 18 Healthy, fortifying, providing

before entry in its grid. All 26 letters of the alphabet are used

toilets -- left one out (6; 6)

support for popular groups making

once and the new words thus formed are not defined in the

25 Composer to sit back, absorbing

maps (7; 7)

clues. The word lengths indicated refer to their respective pair of

everything, ready to change from the 20 Group of birds at bay, unknown to

grid entries.

very start (7; 4,3)

naval hero in New Zealand (6; 6)

26 Part of organ in garret in Acton with 23 Affiliate tops account bringing

birds flying from SW1 to outskirts of

expression of surprise from Homer

Dorking (7; 7)

(4; 4)

Solution No. 27,387

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