Guardian Cryptic #28971

2023-01-19

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9a

Hungarian saint containing the blaze I mishandled (9)

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10a

Love label linked with old wine-producing region (5)

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11a

Bird presented in last part of French chapter (5)

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12a

With repetition of first part, contrive changes to sentence again (9)

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

anagram/”changes” of ( c contrive)*, with a repetition of the first letter C-[ontrive] in the anagram fodder

13a

Large rodent, hard to handle, not keeping up like pig (7)

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14a

Found pound and ounce, say, in abbreviated dictionary (7)

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L (Latin ‘libra’, “pound”), plus CAT=”ounce, say” inside OED (abbreviated form of Oxford English Dictionary) an “ounce” is a snow leopard, a type of CAT

17a

Endless fortune I had put together, that's clear (5)

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LUC-k=”Endless fortune” + I’D=”I had” contracted/”put together”

19a

Like the Chairman's little work (or books in general, we hear) (3)

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reference to Chairman Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’ [wiki] sounds like/”we hear”: ‘read’=”Like… books in general”

20a

Don't allow to leave with odd characters out of discretion (3,2)

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odd letters removed / taken out of d- I -s- C -r- E -t- I -o- N

21a

Agent in European capital backed Julian, say (7)

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Julian was a Roman emperor [wiki] REP (representative, “Agent”), in ROME=”European capital”; all reversed/”backed”

22a

Increase organised valet parking in large parts of East End (7)

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anagram/”organised” of (valet)*, inside the capital letters/”large parts” of E-ast E-nd

24a

Encountered Oliver's friend in London suburban area (9)

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26a

It's put in the kind of barns churches once found helpful (5)

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28a

Become aware of things smelt, heard but not seen (5)

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29a

Part of bicycle that doesn't make it to 24 across? (5,4)

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Down

1d

Booker? With prize ultimately secured, trim one's sails (4)

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REF=a referee e.g. in football, who can ‘book’ players for fouls=”Booker”, around priz-E

2d

Power of the mind seen in part of 24 across (6)

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definition: Pinner is a London suburb [wiki] , part of the METROLAND area P (Power) + INNER=”of the mind” (e.g. ‘inner strength’)

3d

If pedant is confused about hard recipe initially, he seeks way to proceed (10)

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anagram/”confused” of (If pedant)* around H (hard), then plus R (recipe initially)

4d

One of six in charge of our land, one a so-called farmer (6)

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definition: there have been six British kings known as George, and George III was known as ‘farmer George’

5d

Restrained, cut line in second edition (8)

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6d

See 7

7d
6d

Imaginary character, one of the first two Wells wrote about (3,2,3,4)

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8d

Part of painter's work starts off collection of art treasures (4)

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13d

Beat seed (5)

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15d

Novel form in old verse penned by Conservatives (5,5)

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RIMES=”old verse” inside C + TORY=two ways to shorten Conservative=”Conservatives”

16d

Letters from London nearly delivered for poet (5)

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18d

Coping partly with limited capital, just under fifteen pounds (8)

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19d

Deity repeatedly upset anotherthat's very unusual (4,4)

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22d

Denouement that's heart-rending? Not half (6)

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half of [heart-r]-ENDING removed

23d

King or president (6)

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24d

Source of inspiration and great power in the writer (4)

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25d
27d

Old author I'd pronounced woke? (4-4)

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27d

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