Gussalufz

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You are using Webifi to solve a crossword titled "Gussalufz" by "Gussalufz". It's a 15 by 15 grid with 29 clues.

You can work through the crossword mostly using four basic commands:

"clue" gets the current clue, "entry" gets the letters entered so far, "type" followed by some letters types them into the crossword, and "next best" takes you to the next most solvable clue.
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Gussalufz

By Gussalufz

1a. Corporate bosses retaining students as instruments (6)

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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Webifi Ⓒ 2016 Viresh Ratnakar

Crossword ID: gussalufz-1

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Double-click or Shift+Letter: If the puzzle has rebus cells, this is the way to enter multiple letters into a single cell.

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1	Corporate bosses retaining students as instruments (6) CELLOS. CE(ll)Os, def: instruments.
4	Shipping junk from regular crowd to Spooner? (6)
9	Uniform of the ventriloquist (4) EVEN. Hidden word, def: Uniform.
10	"Anagrams test" traps Ximenean gamer spectacularly (10)
11	Troubled Italian missing one Spanish woman (6)
12	A breach left a couple of oldies flying (8)
13	By deception? (9) PSEUDONYM. Cryptic def.
15	Surrounded by media scum, Messi confessed finally (4)
16	Jupiter and Saturn: perhaps balls lacking sodium? (4)
17	Booking agent? (9) PUBLISHER. Cryptic def.
21	Topless young lady saying, "This is an act of charity" (8)
22	English politician with resentment for royal rule (6) EMPIRE. e mp ire, def: royal rule.
24	Incredible Hulk can end a movie with smashed characters (5,5)
25	Press clippings from Cairo newspapers (4) IRON. Hidden word, def: Press.
26	One in line for lecture? (6) TIRADE. t(i)rade, def: lecture.
27	"Honour conclusion of vote!!"—fume on the radio (6)

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1	Actual tank shelling starts after hollow warnings (7)
2	Hammered nail outside a patio (5) LANAI. nail* around a, def: patio.
3	Some leaves and mineral and fertilizer? Not posh! (7)
5	A.I. grew, developed a bug (6) EARWIG. (AI grew)*, def: a bug.
6	Occasionally, we hear the result of addition and multiplication (9)
7	Member of mostly mean fringes of Hollywood (7)
8	State without corruption? (5,4,4) SPEAK YOUR MIND. Cryptic def.
14	Outfit that keeps members private (9) UNDERWEAR. Cryptic def.
16	Adventurous Four going off to wander (7)
18	Makes unwelcome use of jubilee chess pieces (7)
19	"It's a small world!" perhaps heard sworn limitlessly with top music (7)
20	Lied about starting with first motorway and bearing south (6)
23	Select two or three, perhaps? (5) PRIME. Double def.