Guardian Cryptic #28868

2022-09-21

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Across

4a

Leave talk, missing one truthful statement (6)

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6a

Nasty leader deposed, as should be the case (8)

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9a

Religious service affecting godli­ness? Not the first third of it (6)

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10a

Urine not analysed for tiny particle (8)

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11a

I find I am almost nuts, crazy for ever (2,9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (crazy) of I FIND I AM NUT[s]

15a

Figure in geometry, German expert brought over in care of academic (7)

Generating...

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

A reversal (brought over) of G (German) ACE (expert) in DON (academic)

17a

Succeed in taking out middle of red target and shout (7)

Generating...

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

EXC[e]L (succeed?) minus e (middle letter of red) + AIM (target)

18a

Insulting the powerful? Not exactly seemly to include a joke (4,7)

Generating...

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

An anagram (not exactly) of SEEMLY round A JEST (a joke)

22a

Carbon and carbonised material? Support monetary incentive (8)

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23a

Slender volume bound in steel, unexpectedly (6)

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24a

Very fierce about women using bad language (8)

Generating...

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

SEARING (very fierce) round W (women)

25a

English navigator recalled wonderful feature of fish (6)

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Down

1d

Fellows scored after upsetting drink (6)

Generating...

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

A reversal (after upsetting) of F F (fellows) + ACED (scored)

2d

Transmit over the internet stories about five playersthat's about right (4-6)

Generating...

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

LIES (stories) round V (five) + TEAM (players) round R (right)

3d

Rich fools about to accept dodgy myth on a regular basis (8)

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4d

Lots of flowers are found in Greek territories (8)

Generating...

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

A (are – a metric unit of land – 100 square metres) in GR (Greek) LANDS (territories)

5d

Group taking a bit to produce special item (3,5)

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7d

Airmen soaring, circling Italy, having good weather (4)

Generating...

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

A reversal (soaring, in a down clue) of RAF (Royal Air Force – airmen) round I (Italy)

8d

Money running short when raised for factory machine (4)

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12d

New promotion about part of plane cut down in next to no time (10)

Generating...

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

N (new) AD (promotion) round NOSECON[e] (part of plane, cut down)

13d

Fool in book almost split symbol with stave (4,4)

Generating...

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

ASS (fool) in B (book) CLEF[t] (almost split)

14d

Call up about fire in the sky (8)

Generating...

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

A reversal (up, in a down clue) of NAME (call) round PYRE (fire)

16d

Blogger exercised about date and name of variations (8)

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19d

Cheerful judge I found in cricket venue (6)

Generating...

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

J (judge) + I in OVAL (cricket venue)

20d

With a couple of swaps, group of performers performs (4)

Generating...

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

CAST (group of performers) with a couple of letters swapped

21d

Small area of land is left reduced by 50% (4)

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