Guardian Cryptic #28891

2022-10-18

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1a

Be rude about accepting college recordings (5)

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

DISS (be rude about) round C (college)

4a

Composer having suspicion about one? Deny cut (8)

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

SUS (suspicion) round I (one) + BELI[e] (deny, cut – minus its last letter)

8a

Be in a dodgy situationhesitation and neck may be broken (5,2,4,3)

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10a

Agreement about money held by bridge player being an obvious target (4,4)

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

YEA (agreement) round M (money) all inside EAST (bridge player) – this was a new expression for me: ‘a person or thing that is easy to beat, fool’

11a

A great many retreating after appearance of very good weapon (6)

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

A reversal (retreating) of LOTS (a great many) after PI (abbreviation of pious – very good) Edit: I should have included ‘ appearance of very good’ in the definition of PI – please see comments 39 and 44

12a

Military transport heading for Tobruk reversed track with it (9)

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

T([obruk] + a reversal (reversed) of SPOOR (track) + HIP (with it)

15a

Contents of trophy idiot filled with inert gas (5)

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17a

Food item not found in the first part of the dictionary? (5)

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PAST A

18a

Metallic element, rather odd, gathering attention (4,5)

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19a

Individual with German backing for investment? Not subsequently (2,4)

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

ONE (individual) round a reversal (backing) of MIT (German for ‘with’)

21a

City and I separately probing blue material (cheesy stuff) (8)

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EC (City of London) and I (separately) in PORNO (blue material)

24a

Arrangement of this music could leave creator hanging (9,5)

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25a

Informed about keeping several colleges together (2,6)

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26a

Strain is back with pioneering woman (5)

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Down

1d

No work, agitated, upset? It’s best suited for a later course (7,5)

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

A reversal (upset) of NO OP (no work) + STRESSED (agitated)

2d

Pictures likely winners, enthusiastic, on board (9)

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NAPS (likely winners, in a horse race) + HOT (enthusiastic) in SS (‘on board’)

3d

Tense when investing in source of coal power? (5)

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4d

Newspaper beginning to blush at woman’s figure on the beach (9)

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5d

Physicist, heating element up, runs (4)

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6d

Wound can entail cutting (9)

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7d

International group mostly attractive in its original form? (5)

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9d

Historic accessory for boy’s clothes? I’d look almost silly (3,6,3)

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

An anagram (silly) of CLOTHES I’D LOO[k]

13d

Bird to move across one's view, interrupted by black jet fighter (9)

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

PAN (to move across one’s view) round TAR (black) MIG (jet fighter)

14d

Army without leader entering level ground? It has potential to crack (9)

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16d

Museum, either end of which is filled with historic items? On the contrary (9)

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

HERITAGE (historic items) round M (either end of MuseuM) – on the contrary here’s the museum

20d

Go round capital of Italyand you wouldn't see this! (5)

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

TURN (go) round I (capital of Italy – which is not Turin!)

22d

A charitable saint saving her first marine creatures (5)

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23d

Soldier packing a small collection of weapons? (4)

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

RM (Royal Marine – soldier) in A S (small)