Guardian Cryptic #28999

2023-02-21

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Across

1a

Put together our clothes, prepared to sign up (4,3,7)

Generating...

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

JOIN ("put together") + *(our clothes") [anag; prepared ]

9a

Finally securing a little energy: that's something (2,5)

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

AT LAST ("finally") securing [ a little ] E (nergy)

10a

See increases in slow slender creatures (7)

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11a

Alcohol? A tiny taste, about two months back (5)

Generating...

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

<=SIP ("a tiny taste", back) about M + M (two months)

12a

Gives mail out, based on a score (9)

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13a

Waiting for security pass, as Stalin's nephew might have said? (9)

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

"Stalin's nephew might have said" his UNCLE was A RED

14a

Prime ministers given a flatbread (5)

Generating...

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

PITT (the name of two "Prime Ministers") given A

15a

A great deal expected soon in this (5)

Generating...

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

If you're waiting for something and it is now in SIGHT , it is "expected soon"

17a

Result of overindulgence perhaps troubling, Pepys said (9)

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20a

Simple song: could it be any louder? (9)

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22a

Competitive place a long time back (5)

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

<=AN ERA ("a long time", back )

23a

Artistic style of boxer's, with rapid movement around (7)

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

(Muhammad) ALI'S ("of boxer") with REM (rapid (eye) movement) around

24a

Whisper, about to go in to get clean (7)

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25a

A peculiar match abandoned with reference to drugs (14)

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Down

1d

Compiler in trousers: are you about to become intellectual? (4-4,6)

Generating...

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

PAUL (Guardian "compiler") in JEANS ("trousers") + ART ("are") + RE ("about")

2d

Sort of faith I will take lots of tricks, diamonds mostly (7)

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3d

Short-lived rain's poured in many a time (9)

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

*(rains) [anag: poured ] in TEN ("many") + T (time)

4d

Old legal right in French is superior (7)

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5d

Bound to make line break important in dictionary (7)

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

L (line) breaking BIG ("important") in OED (Oxford English "Dictionary")

6d

Master reacts offensively principally falling over rootstock (5)

Generating...

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

<=(SIR ("master") + R (eacts) O (ffensively) [ principally ] ) [ falling over ]

7d

Stalks over the floor in a hurry, cutting friend short (4,3)

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8d

Callas's able somehow to retain musical sense with purest tone (2,5,2,1,4)

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

*(callas's able) [anag: somehow ] to retain EAR ("musical sense")

14d

Stop admitting a latitude that's commonly accepted (9)

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

PREVENT ("stop") admitting A + L (latitude)

16d

One morbidly interested in death, say, remains in a stew (7)

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17d

Tricky position, lying on front between two women (7)

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18d

Always in black, which is OK for a speaker (7)

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19d

One doesn't believe it's cold through the month, almost freezing! (7)

Generating...

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

C (cold) through Sept. (September, so "month") + [ almost ] IC (y) ("freezing")

21d

Cyclist has her day in the lead, weather having improved (5)

Generating...

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

RIDER ("cyclist") with D (day) in the lead becomes D(RIER)