Guardian Cryptic #28882

2022-10-07

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Across

9a

Arab will be in Italy tomorrow, dropping off daughter (5)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Poorly, cutting last visit as distasteful (9)

flowerflowerflower
11a

King beginning to attack last rebels in the north (9)

Generating...

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

A[ttack] + an anagram (rebels) of LAST in THE N (north) – here ‘s the king

12a

Sound of keys rattling in prison (5)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Can't find source of whisky young lady drinks (7)

flowerflowerflower
15a

In fact, two hands should be replaced by another professional (7)

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

We have to replace l l (two left hands) in ‘actually’ (in fact) with r (another hand)

17a

Bed's base son breaks (5)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Joiner featured in a Shakespeare play, though not much at the start (3)

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

The play is ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, popularly abbreviated to A[m]ND (not much at the start) Edit, following Spooner’s flatcap’s comment @9  –  and see mine @11: A (from the clue + [m]ND  (the standard abbreviation for ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare play – minus m (not much at the start) Snug the joiner is a character in the play – clever clue

20a

A for Aristotle (5)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Does she have half a case against heartless employer? (7)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Pagans adding verse to biblical book (7)

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

V (verse) + I KINGS (book of  the Old Testament)

26a

Growth of college power (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Go out of this world, say, in zero visibility (3-6)

flowerflowerflower
30a

Gang of criminals send a city wild (9)

flowerflowerflower
31a

Such a screwdriver very attractive? Not quite (5)

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Down

1d

Sauce like this always served up (4)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Fast speed over endlessly polluted air in a show of swagger (8)

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

MACH I (fast speed) + SMO[g] (polluted air, endlessly)

3d

Face having to use an old phone? (4)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Chubby lad's bottom almost all visible in cast off (3,2,3)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Country recipe with a so-called fish (6)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Use mouse to follow movement that keeps players together (5,5)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Very funny sex with a Dolores (6)

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

LOL (laugh out loud – very funny) + IT (sex) + A  – Dolores is Lolita’s real name in Nabokov’s novel

8d

Widow may have one quick look when speaking (4)

flowerflowerflower
13d

Moony features of musical girl I just met (5)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Iodine for one upset (not terminally sick) patient (10)

flowerflowerflower
16d

Don't go to bed, taking in English poet (5)

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

A reversal (up, in a down clue) of STAY (don’t go to bed) – round E (English) – neat misdirection: YEATS, of course, was an Irish poet I meant that ‘Don’t go to bed’ = ‘stay up’ but didn’t express it very well: thanks to Petert  @10 for pointing that out.

19d

Gone astray, I have picked up old clothes (8)

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

A reversal (picked up) of I’VE (I have) in (clothed by) DATED (old)

21d

Being a sport, send quick mess­age to practise at first on golf (4-4)

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

PING (send quick message) + P[ractise] + ON + G (golf – NATO phonetic alphabet)

23d

Settlement: the last to pay (6)

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

(colon) + [pa]Y

24d

Come back to host a second game, perhaps (6)

flowerflowerflower
26d

Bunch adopting affected attitudes? (4)

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

Whimsical double definition

28d

Remove section of enormous table (4)

flowerflowerflower
29d

Stagger back to the rear as big bird comes over (4)

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

ROC (big bird) + [bac]K