Guardian Cryptic #28960

2023-01-06

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Across

1a

Clubs brawlit could be afters (7)

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5a

Is Panama here, say, following winding path? (6)

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9a

Caught in wind, setter's defective hearing (8)

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

MISTRAL(a strong, cold wind that blows through the Rhone valley) containing ( Caught in … ) I(the setter using the self-referential pronoun).

10a

National kings, say, in finery that's oddly cut back (6)

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

MEN(pieces in a chess game, that include/say, kings) contained in ( in ) [ reversal of ( … back ) “ finery ” minus its 1st, 3rd and 5th letters ( … that’s oddly cut )].

12a

Writer's opera lacking spirit and suffering (6,6)

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15a

Currently in silver, far from crazy dresses (3,3,4)

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

AG(symbol for the chemical element, silver) contained in ( … dresses ) [ALL THERE](far from crazy/possessing all of one’s mental faculties).

17a

Take in husband evicted in period of arousal (3)

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

“h”(abbrev. for “husband”) deleted from ( evicted in ) “heat”(a period of arousal/intense excitement).

19a

A major, maybe extremely kamikaze, back in army (3)

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

1st and last letters of ( extremely ) “ kamikaze ” + last letter of ( back in ) “ army “.

20a

J. Ben-Hur once grabs American with both hands in dance (10)

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

C. HESTON(or Charlton Heston, actor who once played the character Judah Ben-Hur or J. Ben-Hur) containing ( grabs ) [ A(abbrev. for “American”) + R,L(abbrev. of, respectively, both right and left hands) ].

22a

Bill's outing in street through evergreen Berkshire town (5,7)

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26a

Out of neutral voguish clothes (2,4)

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27a

What wit might do with small camping equipment (8)

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

[BE DROLL](what a wit/a humorous person might do to provoke dry, low-key amusement) plus ( with ) S(abbrev. for “small”).

28a

Sober English teacher circles something hard to miss (6)

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

[ TT(abbrev. for “tee-total”/sober by abstaining from alcohol) + E(abbrev. for “English”) ] contained in ( … circles ) SIR(what schoolboys might call their male teacher).

29a

Bread made by student, eaten by grandparent, perhaps (7)

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Down

1d

Tease band releasing second disc (4)

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

“combo”(a small band of jazz, rock or pop musicians) minus ( releasing ) its second “o”(letter representing a disc/a thing circular object).

2d

College administrator skinned bear (4)

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

“bursar”(a college administrator, in this case, one who manages the college’s financial affairs) minus its 1st and last letters ( skinned ).

3d

Stink over hooligans in urban areas (8)

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4d

Duck in English Channel heading north (5)

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

Reversal of ( … heading north , in a down clue) [ E(abbrev. for “English”) + DAVE(a television channel in the UK) ].

6d

A redhead with higher energy going grey? (6)

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

A + GINGE(or “ginger”, a term for a red-haired person/a redhead) with its E(symbol for “energy” in physics) moved up ( with higher … , in a down clue).

7d

Bushes, perhaps, in dense strip in need of cultivation (10)

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8d

Group inch aboard craft, an old chopper (10)

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

[ LOT(a group of similar items) + IN(abbrev. for “inch”, the unit of length) ] contained in ( aboard ) GUILE(craft/cunning).

11d

Recipient of handouts has urge to stop saving (6)

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13d

Spooner's pastry shortage? This isn't to be trusted (4,2,4)

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

Spoonerism of “LACK OF PIES”(a shortage/lack of pies/pastry).

14d

Coward, say, awfully wary, in dire straits (10)

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16d

Fix eg Oxford house's exterior with flipping unpleasant look about it (6)

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

1st and last letters of ( …’s exterior ) “ house ” contained in ( with … about it ) reversal of ( flipping , in a down clue) LEER(an unpleasant, suggestive look).

18d

Working hard in Bermondsey, engaged by sign painter (8)

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

[ ON(working/in operation, such as an electrical appliance) + ‘ARD(“hard” as pronounced by one from Bermondsey, London) ] contained in ( engaged by ) LEO(an astrological sign).

21d

Gasmore than enough but not all of it (6)

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23d

In America, a slight girl coming out clutching the Guardian (5)

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24d

Poor area in endless recession (4)

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

“slump”(a recession/an economic downturn) minus its last letter ( endless … ).

25d

Ruler after revolution dreads possessor confiscating article (4)

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

Reversal of ( after revolution … ) [“Rasta”(short for a Rastafarian who has/possesses dreads/dreadlocks) minus ( confiscating ) “a”(an article in grammar)].