Guardian Cryptic #27619

2018-09-20

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Across

1a

Take off underclothing, finding impurities (7)

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5a

Humourless dandy recalled getting beaten by racketeer (2-5)

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9a

Under discussion, heart unit (5)

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10a

Bean soup, nothing less, for seconds? (7-2)

Generating...

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

RUNNER [bean] + S[o]UP minus o [nothing less] – the question mark is for ‘runner’ as a definition by example

11a

Note: I appreciate that award for a city on the Bay of Bengal (10)

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12a

Material sensed (4)

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14a

Relationships entered into by male artist with desire to eat after smoking a joint (3,8)

Generating...

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

TIES [relationships] round [entered into] HE [male] MUNCH [artist] – that’s my second new snippet of knowledge learned today  [the answer, not the artist]

18a

Kind that's legally able to score in the box (11)

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21a

What melts? (4)

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22a

Shoe, shocking pink, that is for a dish (7,3)

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25a

Repeating time after time after time, I love breaking in (9)

Generating...

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

T ERA T [time after time after time] + I + O [love, in tennis] all in [breaking] IN

26a

Lake where a bore recedes (5)

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27a

Lift near the ground (7)

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28a

Tube ending in passage alongside canary, say, in mine (7)

Generating...

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

[passag]E alongside PET [canary, say] in PIT [mine] – a reference to the use of canaries in coal mines as an early-warning signal for toxic gases

Down

1d

Two months to boil down (6)

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2d

Fix round vessel for cake (6)

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3d

Following closely, a lot on site for development (4,2,4)

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4d

Shoot gun if really pressurised, snipers all heading northward (5)

Generating...

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

A reversal [northward, in a down clue] of the initial letters [all heading] of Gun If Really Pressurised Snipers

5d

Complex in Naples welcoming university in Calabria, say? (9)

Generating...

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

An anagram [complex] of IN NAPLES round U [university]

6d
19d

Maverick offering drinks on the house? (4,6)

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7d

Shutting up gutless egotist is immense, as lippy perhaps? (8)

Generating...

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

COSMIC [immense] round E[gotis]T

8d

Stand in river maintaining exercise, upright (8)

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

DEE [river] round a reversal [upright, in a down clue] of SIT-UP [exercise]

13d

Raise your voice about staff making errors (8,2)

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

SING UP [raise your voice] round CREW [staff]

15d

Performance killing act (9)

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16d

Maybe Celtic sofa initially like a bed? (8)

Generating...

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

S[ofa] + COTTISH [like a bed?] – a typical Paul clue

17d

Illicitly, a romance being filmed (2,6)

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19d

See 6

20d

Soldiers one threat (6)

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23d

Star in Canis Minor goes round (3-2)

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24d

Dull gospeller to his familiars? (4)

Generating...

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

Familiar form of Matthew, writer of the first Go