Guardian Cryptic #28899

2022-10-27

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Across

1a

Do not attend church service when drunk or collection when disorderly (8)

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5a

Walk and talk aimlessly (6)

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9a
10a

A little money surely needed for reorientation (6,2,6)

Generating...
10a

See 9

12a

Christian starting off with a measure of whisky? (5)

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13a

China cut back Chinese social media conclusions at home (9)

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14a

Dating? Must grab apartment at top speed(5,4,3)

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18a

shown by them getting pissed in Somerset, possibly (12)

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21a

Nomad shot real vulture, having ignored us (9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘shot’) of ‘real v[u]lt[u]re’ minus UU – ‘us’ is to be read as the plural of U.

23a

Cards from a suit or a trump to West (5)

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24a

Polluted air not helping (6)

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25a

Everybody negotiating a nice partnership (8)

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26a

Bone picked up from the last of half a dozen roosters? (6)

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27a

Star in danger after moving east (8)

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Down

1d

President sounds sustained by it (6)

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2d

Silly cat among pigs? (6)

Generating...

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

An implied envelope: ‘cat’ IN STY (‘among pigs’).

3d

Spell please (5,4)

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4d

Leaping into little retail outlet? No, a big one! (8,4)

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6d

Home origins of Anne Brontë poem (5)

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7d

Blocks providing coverage of ghastly Love Island (8)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘providing coverge’) of BAD (‘ghastly’) plus O (‘love’) in BARS (‘blocks’).

8d

Tiny tree developing all the time (8)

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11d

Patisseries getting income distributed or else (12)

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15d

Tunes three-wheeler for raid (3,6)

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16d

Abstruse Euro-sceptic cup running over (8)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘over’) of ‘Euro-sceptic’ minus ‘cup’ (‘cup running’).

17d

Calls up movement to do with words (8)

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19d

Carla touring East Asian country (6)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘touring’) of E (‘east’) in BRUNI (‘ Carla ‘, the wife of Nicolas Sarkosy) .

20d

27 is out to frolic and run naked (6)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘to frolic’) of ASTER[is]K, the answer to 27A, minus IS (‘is out’).

22d

Lastly, latte? Skinny or black? (5)

Generating...

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

A charade of E (‘lastly, latt E ‘) plus BONY (‘skinny’).