Guardian Cryptic #25491

2011-11-28

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1a

Get away from test centre with carbon copy (6)

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t ES t (centre of) with C (carbon) APE (copy)

4a

I holler out loud for something to eat in parlour (3,5)

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9a

Turning without due care to capture American soldier (6)

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US (American) inside RASH (without care) reversed – definition is soldier

10a

Conversing quietly in a helicopter (8)

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P (quietly, musical) inside SEA KING ( a helicopter made by Westland )

11a

Prickliest ground with that side? (7,7)

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13a

Toed line by yielding thus? (10)

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14a

Expensive honey (4)

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16a

They serve older boys cigarettes (4)

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18a

Seeing how far one can go in fitting room? (6,2,2)

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Definition and cryptic definition

21a

Salt that may be extracted from china clay? (6,8)

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chi NaCl ay – NaCl is the chemical formula for Sodium Chloride, common salt

23a

A very English masswith song and prayer (3,5)

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24a

Pay no attention to rocky region (6)

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25a

First signs of Eurasian nuthatch in evergreen (8)

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26a

Silver paper finally swallowed by spy (6)

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pape R inside AGENT (spy) – definition is ‘silver’

Down

1d

Authentic quartet from Liechtenstein (4)

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2d

Newspaper boss sent up after conspirator falls (7)

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3d

Insect burrowing into straight banana (8)

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5d

Senator's first to abandon a gun in cool part of Washington (7,4)

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PI s TOL (gun missing first letter of senator) inside CHILL (cool)

6d

Fur is for mammals (6)

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7d

Letter left in European skiing area (7)

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L eft in E uropean PISTE (skiing area) – definition is ‘letter’

8d

Married woman accepts grand new short wave generator (9)

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G (grand) NE w (new shortened) in MATRON (married woman) – definition is ‘wave generator’, microwaves in this case

12d

Tory pamphletone about Labour movement (11)

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13d

Obscure cafebut so original (9)

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15d

Gelatinous substance from a fish that's been cloned (4-4)

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A GAR (fish) doubled (cloned) – definition is ‘gelatinous substance’

17d

Welcome event not expected in Götterdämmerung? (7)

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Definition and cryptic definition – ‘welcome evenet not expected’ and ‘in Götterdämmerung’. Götterdämmerung or ‘Twilight of the Gods’ is the title of the final part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, in which all the gods are finally destroyed

19d

Young swimmer needing little support (7)

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20d

Home help for a posh couple? (2,4)

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22d

Introductions to major essayists: Addison, Thoreau, Bacon and Lamb? (4)

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