Guardian Cryptic #28990

2023-02-10

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8a

Church dignitary that's opposed to 15 (8)

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9a

A selfish desire to get something done! (6)

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10a

Be inclined to write things in order (4)

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11a

Name a small number after one in ultrashort time (10)

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12a

Take wicket, then settle down in ground in final season (6)

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14a

Kind of yarn in the reply after exchange of a couple of letters (5-3)

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15a

Service guide available from Ford in album (7)

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17a

Fourth book nurse composed about doctor (7)

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20a

Number that's loud also heard (5-3)

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22a

Second coffee and third piece of tart (6)

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

LATTE(or “coffee latte”/a coffee drink of espresso and steamed milk) plus ( and ) 3rd letter of ( third piece of ) “ tart “.

23a

As for No 10 being reformed, PM starts with these (10)

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24a

Continue as ultimate model for Oxford, say (4)

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

Triple defn: 1st: …/to carry on and on; 2nd: …/final; and 3rd: A shoemaker’s model for shaping or repairing a shoe such as/say, an Oxford.

25a

Shut up and take noticethis group's bigger than ABBA (6)

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26a

Guy taking bronze from place to field (5,3)

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Down

1d

In bar, I'm with a female that's upset close friend (8)

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

Reversal of ( … that’s upset ) [ RAIL(a fixed bar from which one can hang, say, towels or curtains) + I’M + plus ( with ) A + F(abbrev. for “female”) ].

2d

Second of three equal parts in premeditated corrective action (4)

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3d

Private penning article that's comparatively silly (6)

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4d

Among which ours comes third, but isn't included in seven, musically (7)

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5d

Nigerian university admitting French or German woman (8)

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

HAUSA(a member of an ethnic group to be found in Nigeria) + U(abbrev. for “university”) containing ( admitting ) FR(abbrev. for “French”).

6d

A couple of flyers that striker uses when dispatching deliveries (7,3)

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7d

Unprincipled about runs in first season (6)

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13d

Two days before Ides of March, say, unluckily positioned? (10)

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16d

Dine out after start of play -— one of fifteen occupying a certain table (8)

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

Anagram of ( … out ) DINE placed below ( after , in a down clue) ACT I(the start of a play/Act 1, with the Roman numeral substitution).

18d

Mistreated those trapped by informerthat keeps resistance under control (8)

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19d

Leave game after three, we hear (2,5)

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21d

Not acting, arrange an evening out (6)

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22d

Young woman having cool drink on 4th of June (6)

Generating...

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

LASSI(a drink made with yogurt and water, from India) placed above ( on , in a down clue) 4th letter of ( 4th of ) “ June “.

24d

What, historically, Martha became, following double first (4)

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