The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,065 - Feb 25 2020

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A good outcome to queen's labour? Brilliant! AGLITTER
Bright rising copper's temporarily given housing LUCENT
Checked what monarch did, abandoning grand home REINEDIN
Flag-carrying soldier resolved to clear surgeon COLOUR
Four breaking oath joined up CURSIVE
Fresh source of water first for annual purification? SPRINGCLEAN
Greenery, at first a modest innovation in late Georgian streets GASLIGHT
Grim time that husband's taken into consideration THOUGHT
Illicit affairs of spymaster running major industry MONKEY
Local runner joining army unit is no monarchist REPUBLICAN
Long-haul workers from Manchester somehow getting the last word MERCHANT
Name adopted by setter in a novel proves amusing ENTERTAINS
Naturalist may study this 22 23 at end of a sentence LIFEFORM
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Only the odd contrary characters suss out pitch TOSS
Outsider is dying, feverish LONGSHOT
Plotters regularly use such weapons AXES
Preposterous list often added to with conviction? CRIMINAL
Pronounced 'basic', as ship will be before sailing CREWED
Rant and rave, as sacked gardener might? LOSETHEPLOT
Riff-raff making unpleasant film SCUM
See 22 RECORD
See 24 SEAMEN
See 4 SERGEANT
See 9 BUSINESS
Storyteller's rung up LIAR
Struggle across line to finish COMPLETE