Guardian Cryptic #28994

2023-02-15

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9a

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10a

Not well disposed, finally Jeremy Hunt introduces remedy (9)

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

anagram/”disposed” of ( y Hunt)* with y =”finally Jerem y “, around HEAL=”remedy” Jeremy Hunt was UK Secretary of State for Health from 2012 to 2018

11a

Drove away and broke down over a period of time (9)

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12a

French winelitres swallowed in bar cold (5)

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13a

Clumsy fellow from Britain, more like Uriah Heep (7)

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

B (Britain) + ‘UMBLE-R=”more like Uriah Heep” Uriah Heep [wiki] often describes himself as ‘umble (humble) in the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield

15a

Temporarily stop while away going round America (7)

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17a

Drug-filled idiot's knocked back booze in this (5)

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

theme connection: Rick Stein [wiki] E (ecstasy, “Drug”), filling inside NIT’S=”idiot’s”, all reversed/”knocked back”

18a

Miss target, dropping ball (3)

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

G-O-AL=”target”, minus the O=”ball” shaped letter

20a

Exhausted after cycling, leaving nothing out (2,3)

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22a
9a

Maybe 12, 17, 25, 26, 27, 31, 5 and 23, jeopardising 26 down or 2? (3,4,5)

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25a

Claiming to lose £1,000 over a bloomer (7)

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26a

Metalworker, terribly hit and miss, is dismissed (5)

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

theme connection: Delia Smith [wiki] anagram/”terribly” of (hit m- is -s)*, minus the letters of “ is “

27a

Gangster grabs lowly vagrant in star-studded area (9)

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

theme connection: Paul Hollywood [wiki] HOOD=”Gangster”, around anagram/”vagrant” of (lowly)*

30a

Rude ten Hag almost trashed dugout, needing a break? (9)

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

definition: adding a “break” or space into “dug/out” gives ‘dug out’, a definition of UNEARTHED anagram/”trashed” of (Rude ten Ha )*, with Ha =”Hag almost” Erik ten Hag is the manager of Manchester United Football Club

31a

Chuck fruit (5)

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1d

Trip facilitator from Cuba's capital financing tours (4)

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

definition referring to a “Trip” as in a psychedelic experience “capital” letter of C-uba, and AID=”financing” goes around/”tours”

2d

Colt running miles in an unspecified course (8)

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

definition: “course” as in a part of a meal – a CONSOMMÉ is a soup C (Colt, in horse racing) + ON=”running”, plus M (miles) in SOME=”an unspecified”

3d

Court victor's appeal about case of homicide (4)

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

definition: Arthur Ashe [wiki] who won tournaments on the tennis court SA (Sex Appeal) reversed/”around”, plus the outer letters/”case” of H-omicid-E

4d

Rubbish shot for golf, one in the pond? (8)

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

BULL=”Rubbish” + anagram/”shot” of (for)* + G (Golf in the NATO alphabet)

5d

Travelled south across hot island (6)

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6d

Battering Italian white meat with no good covering (10)

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7d

American guy's order given to men (2,4)

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8d

Say, an act with nothing even in harmony (4)

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

S-a-Y a-N a-C-t, with none of the “even” letters

13d

Harry Kane at last stops Man U player (5)

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

last letter of [Kan]-E, stopping inside George BEST [wiki] =”Man U player”

14d

Cheese and bread chopped up in real bags (10)

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

CASH=”bread”, bagged inside anagram/”chopped up” of (in real)*

16d

With adult delayed, distributed letter (5)

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

DEALT=”distributed” with the A for “adult” moved to the end or “delayed”

19d

Letter from pair of kids describing New Year (8)

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

definition: someone who ‘lets’ out a property LAD LAD=”pair of kids” around N (New), plus Y (Year)

21d

Game over? Everybody hides outside (3,5)

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

definition: All Fours is a card game O (over, in cricket), with both ALL=”Everyone” and FURS=”hides” going “outside”

23d

Repeated element of solo on organ is musical (6)

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

theme connection: Jamie Oliver [wiki] definition: Oliver! is a musical [wiki] based on the novel Oliver Twist O is the only repeated letter in the word “solo”, plus LIVER=”organ”

24d

Sailors' chant in typhoon occasionally including surprised cry (2-2-2)

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

occasional letters of t-Y-p-H-o-O-n, around OHO=”surprised cry”

26d

Little money in France and here for food (4)

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28d

Two unidentical sons, flipping hooligans! (4)

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29d

Picked up shock in periods of global revolution (4)

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