Guardian Cryptic #28980

2023-01-30

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Across

1a

So-called 'dear' runs off after six-footer (9)

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6a

Liquid lunch perhaps very revolting (4)

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8a

Antiquary wasting a year translating verse (8)

Generating...

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

anagram/"translating" of (Antiquar [y])*, with the y for "year" removed

9a

Return afterwards, holding one to sell (6)

Generating...

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

reversal/"Return" of LATER="afterwards", around I="one"

10a

One hopes people will come late to this meeting (6)

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11a

Rewritten epitaphs are most favourable (8)

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12a

School uniform switched to vulgar stuff (6)

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15a

Tough woman keeps family notice (8)

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16a

Get comfortable again on bench (8)

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19a

Get to grips with rigging (6)

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21a

Waste gambling token, which should have been a good investment (4,4)

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22a

Miss musical as I enter into clinic (6)

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

reference to the musical Miss Saigon [wiki] I GO="I enter", inside SAN (sanatorium, "clinic")

24a

A warm bathto an excess in the centre(3,3)

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25a

and a cold shower (8)

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26a

Martin is college head (4)

Generating...

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

DEAN Martin the American singer and actor [wiki]

27a

Our neighbour Peter worked with land (3,6)

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Down

1d

Neither obtuse nor grave (and not right) (5)

Generating...

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

an acute angle is neither an obtuse angle or a right angle and an acute accent (e.g. á ) is not a grave accent (e.g à)

2d

Eat nuts struggling, suffering from this? (7)

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3d

No pressure to satisfy contract (5)

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

p-LEASE="satisfy", minus the p (pressure)

4d

Grabs pawn in unfinished game (7)

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5d

Well, what to do with crumbling mortar is a painful subject (4,5)

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6d

Being from the north, leaving clubs stupefied by drink (7)

Generating...

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

definition: like a sot (a drunk) S-C-OTTISH="Being from the north", minus C (clubs, abbreviation in playing cards)

7d

Get off the phone! (9)

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13d

I trade house that's featured in exhibition (5,4)

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14d

Go for drinking session and almost score (3,3,3)

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17d

Always a heavyweight team now in trouble? (7)

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18d

In danger perhaps, no longer maintaining position (7)

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20d

Fine fabric needs about inch off (7)

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22d

Small implement to make low seat (5)

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23d

It may be nestling in the barn (5)

Generating...

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

a young owl – in the surface, "nestling" as a noun meaning a young bird, rather than as a verb, and "barn" hinting at barn owls