Guardian Cryptic #28914

2022-11-14

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Across

1a

See 22

5a

Cold capital with extremes of temperature that creates a 19 after change (7)

Generating...

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

C (cold) + LIMA (capital) + T[emperatur]E – the answer to 19ac is EMERGENCY

10a

A service that's revolutionary at a distance (4)

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11a

Confine guy's joint and hand (10)

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12a

Endless dirt: it is recurrent, creating baffling problems (6)

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13a

Cushion Brown left in Oman, possibly (8)

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14a

9 this from recycled plutoniumguards look back, leaving depleted uranium (9)

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16a

Expressionist artist's content to get things moving (5)

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17a

Charlotte's discrimination shown in a brief device (5)

Generating...

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

A GISM[o] (a brief device) – I don’t understand the reference to Charlotte: googling produced only information about a recent lecture on agism at Charlotte University but I don’t think that can be it

19a

Crisis with English vehicle missing a crossing over French sea (9)

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23a

Fast route from A to B, then regularly dashing around university (8)

Generating...

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

A TO B + alternate letters of dAsHiNg round U (university)

24a

International, where young woman crosses pitch (6)

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26a

Where tourists go to order cava and roast beef starter (5,5)

Generating...

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

An anagram (to order) of CAVA and ROAST B[eef]

27a

Book character (4)

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28a

Dispersing a thing full of energy (7)

Generating...

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

An anagram (dispersing) of A THING round E (energy), which is doing double duty

29a

Men hate cookingit contributes to 24 28 (7)

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Down

2d

Brighton ref nit-pickinghosts raised hell (7)

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3d

Copycat is over neat (5)

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4d

Store outside Santander's affirmative bank (7)

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6d

Network trouble arising that is hampering society (6)

Generating...

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

A reversal (arising) of AIL (trouble) + IE (that is) round S (society)

7d

Film the French on strike, a cover for Christmas activities (9)

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8d

Rogue that creates revolutions (7)

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9d

Male inventor sick about Newton becoming green (13)

Generating...

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

A clever anagram (sick) of MALE INVENTOR round N (newton, SI unit)

15d

Attack in California city bay, a start to tragedy (4,3,2)

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18d

Stick lettuce inside something sweet (7)

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20d

Again class note German artist of French extraction (7)

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21d

Annoyance of old king hampered by restraint (7)

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22d
1a

Battered cod boxed in air or gas (6,7)

Generating...
25d

Energy zeronot moving! (5)

Generating...

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

O (zero) + O MPH (not moving)