Guardian Cryptic #27096

2017-01-17

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Across

9a

Port in American city banks interest (9)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

RIO [port] in US [American] in [banked by] CITY

10a

Unionist pursues crazy idea for so long (5)

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Anagram [crazy] of IDEA, pursued by U [Unionist]

11a

Theatre does plays, having taken rest (7)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Sonata perhaps features in Mozart for Maestros (3,4)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Winnie's back, missing ring finger (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Reversal [back] of PO[o]HS, missing o [ring]

14a

Refuse tosser bedding left in the open (6,4)

flowerflowerflower
16a

Spoil attendance in Kentish town (7)

flowerflowerflower
17a

Sort of bun that's different dunked in tea (7)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Disreputable small clothes store, mostly awful (10)

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S [small] + C AND A [clothes store] + LOUS[y] [mostly awful] I was surprised to find that C and A closed its last store in the UK as recently as 2001 – and still has stores world-wide

22a

Somewhat refreshed, heading west he's bound to land (4)

flowerflowerflower
24a

Nice cop admitted to back trouble (7)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Director was killed in Italy (7)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

FELL [was killed] IN I [in Italy]

26a

Twist nonstop, squeezing oil from it? (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Left a quotation, not one for milk delivery (9)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

L [left] + A C[i]TATION [a quotation]

Down

1d

Book comic star with social charm (1,9,5)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Cross section lifted for flush access? (4,4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Reversal [lifted] of ROOD [cross]  PART [section]

3d

Put up hotel on river (5)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Flyers get stuck in this cockney prison (8)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Bully fled in Toyota, ejecting regular occupants (6)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

RAN [fled] in T[o]Y[o]T[a]

6d

Mainly oppose party works (9)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Joe's old diary turned up in Playboy for cash (6)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

GI [Joe] + a reversal [turned up] of O [old] LOG [diary] – I’m not quite sure about this: being a fan of ‘lift and separate’ clues, I want the definition to be as I’ve indicated; there is a not very well known play entitled Gigolo [which would give a double definition, in fact] – but I’m not sure that that was Crucible’s intention

8d

Book my pal and yours (3,6,6)

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Cryptic[ish] definition

15d

Fooled by absorbing Resistance story (4,5)

flowerflowerflower
17d

The other 17, perhaps, stand up to striker at St Andrews (8)

flowerflowerflower
18d

Fixed up porcini provided in Corsica, originally (8)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Reversal [up] of CEPS [porcini] + IF [provided] + I[n] C[orsica]

20d

Fling leaves during a song, just after A Fine Romance (6)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Two pieces of wordplay, with  a definition at the beginning and the end: FF [pages – leaves] in A  AIR[ a song] and FAIR [just] after A F [  a fine] – and a reminder of the  lovely 80s sitcom starring Judi Dench and her late husband, Michael Williams

21d

Trivial £1 book writer dismissed (6)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

LI [£!] + T[i]TLE [book, minus i [writer] – I have searched in vain for DORRIT

23d

Grim judge impounds laptop (5)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

BEAK [judge] round L[aptop]