Guardian Cryptic #28594

2021-11-04

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1a

One word and all hell's let loosethey'll pay for this (5,4,4)

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

Anagram of ( … let loose ) [ I(Roman numeral for “one”) + WORD plus ( and ) ALL HELL’S ].

10a

Close up Oscar sees audience's dirty (7)

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

O(letter represented by “Oscar” in the phonetic alphabet) + { twice the homophone of ( … audience’s ) “ see “, OR, if you like, twice the acronym for “see” in text messaging, as in “c u” } + homophone of ( audience’s ) “lewd”(dirty/obscene).

11a

Rarely on time, you held policeman up (7)

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

Anagram of ( Rarely /exceptionally) ON TIME containing ( … held ) U(“you” in text messaging as in “c u”).

12a

Calculate silence about United's the end for Ole? (5)

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

GAG(to silence/to restrain someone from vocalising) containing ( about ) U(abbrev. for “United”) + last letter of ( the end for ) “ Ole “.

13a

Joke repository includes one that's extremely hard-hitting (9)

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

PUN(a joke/a play on words) + CHEST(a repository/a large container) containing ( includes ) I(Roman numeral for “one”).

14a

Considered scoundrel comedian at heart (5)

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

RAT(a scoundrel/a no-gooder) + middle 2 letters of ( … at heart ) “ comedian “.

16a

Backing pub nameon reflection like the Oracle (9)

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18a

Relation's arrival welcomed by mother (9)

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19a

Crowd's last intimidating display in capital (5)

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

Last letter of ( …’s last ) “ Crowd ” + HAKA(an intimidating display, once used by Maori warriors to disconcert their opponents, and nowadays performed by the All Blacks before their rugby matches).

20a

Play country in Africano trouble over touring (9)

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

Mali(country in Africa) contained in ( … touring ) reversal of ( … over ) [ NO + GYP(trouble in the form of pain or discomfort) ].

23a

Duo use lime to catch bird (5)

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24a

Mostly Messi is accommodatedit's what we do with celebrities (7)

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

“Lionel”(Messi, Argentinian footballer) minus its last letter ( Mostly … ) containing ( … accommodated ) IS .

25a

That bloke with nice bum about to join conversation (5,2)

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26a

Laments about teachers not getting moneyhypocrites! (7,6)

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

PLAINTS(laments/complaints) containing ( about ) “masters”(school teachers) minus ( not getting ) “m”(abbrev. for “money”).

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2d

Battle to get space at bar (9)

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3d

Work out one day's been wasted (or two) (5)

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“deduce”(to work out/to form a conclusion) minus ( one …’s been wasted ) “d”(abbrev. for “day”).

4d

Give birth with assistance (5)

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5d

Old Vlad in the Netherlands climbing? Only it's flat! (5,4)

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

Reversal of ( … climbing , in a down clue) [ O(abbrev. for “old”) + ME(Vlad, our setter using the self-referential pronoun) contained in ( in ) NL(ISO 3166 code for the Netherlands) ] + SOLE(the one and only).

6d

Ride like this for dosh? (9)

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7d

Gone to pick up tea inside (or coffee) (5)

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

LATE(gone/no longer alive) containing ( … inside ) homophone of ( to pick up ) “ tea “.

8d

Elbow possibly cut by stake not a sporting injury (7,6)

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9d

Locate patient lost in market area (9,4)

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15d

Exaggerated performance of car? Admits being misled (9)

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16d

Angry gripe about disgraceful advantage given only to a few (9)

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17d

Passing nurse in van (9)

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21d

Grumble increase's ultimately trivial (5)

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22d

Cuts? Nothing's been mentioned (5)

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23d

Animal in one pen being mounted (5)

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