GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No. 28,312 set

ACROSS

1 Nothing phony — state dismissed repeated raving in scorn (4-4)

5 Chief at heart persistently stunned (6)

9 Stoical about fate as others indicated? No way! (8)

10 One on hand to vote

late? (6)

12 Not co-operating in transition but it’s over, as reported, see! (11)

15 Country involved in

machinations (5) 17 Put in for rerun, sore and inept

(9)

18 Perhaps one adult is missing when boat enters the water (9)

19 Great man rejected — Biden finally getting busy (5)

20 Meets again when screened by mirrors (11)

24 Get mad with one predicting Delaware setback (3,3) 25 Naughty or nice? Virginia on the outside’s a different woman (8)

26 Grow up! Not right head of state is sounding off … (6) 27 … here with old Pence and poor Melania, essentially not accepting what’s happened (2,6)

DOWN

1 Stop migrants camping here — not one is left (4,2,4) 2 Mania repeatedly seen in work meetings — judgment at the top is lacking (10)

3 Alert Pompeo and Rudy for starters — time to get involved (5)

4 Clear victor — one foolishly carping too much (12)

6 Good to see — have confidence to go off and travel widely (9)

7 Not having won, is lamenting troubles (4)

8 Words about vote offensive (4)

11 Genius (it’s been said) philosophically isn’t tweeting? Wrong (12)

13 Turned in, not feeling great after cake and pasta (10)

14 Easily best in election ultimately? Quite, it should end up in court (6,4)

16 Violent crime spate initially ignored — detestable! (9)

21 Republican deserting miserable creature? (5)

22 Has recourse to sneaky moves, ignoring resistance (4)

23 Don’t allow fraudulent vote! (4)