Guardian Cryptic #29001

2023-02-23

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1a

Retiring from transport company surprisingly flush (7)

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

BA (British Airways, “transport company”) + anagram/”surprisingly” of (flush)*

5a

Skilful concealing old British firm's shortfall (7)

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9a

Conspicuous volume of doubly fine drugs swallowed by company board with caution (6-5,4)

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10a

Not entirely cool at hip club in India (5)

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11a

Puritan and saint drinking winethey may be in bed (9)

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12a

Setter dons apron for cooking, keeping dry (9)

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

I=”Setter” of this puzzle; inside anagram/”cooking” of (apron for)*

14a

Statesperson, one given bagel and pasty (5)

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

definition: someone from the state of Iowa I=”one” + O (a “bagel” is a score of 0 games in a tennis set) + WAN=”pasty”

15a

4x4 car, not Rover or Sierra (5)

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

definition: a sierra is a mountain range RANGE Rover=”4×4 car”, minus the “Rover”

16a

Being crude, oil's kept here without saving the planet? (9)

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

IN DRUM=”oil’s kept here”, going outside/”without” ECO=”saving the planet?”

18a

Stall worker given zero extra cash (9)

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

TEMP (a temp worker) + O=”zero” + RISE=increase in salary=”extra cash”

21a

Game's involving two bridge players getting tricks (5)

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

RU ‘S (rugby union + ‘s, “Game’s”); around SE (South and East, “two bridge players”)

22a

Film version of Hamlet with antic Dane trapping foreign king (6,3,6)

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

anagram/”version” of (Hamlet)*, plus anagram/”antic” of (Dane)* around LOUIS=name of many kings of France=”foreign king”

23a

What tennis player does after a let shows modesty (7)

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24a

Philosopher astride horse or kind of lamb (7)

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1d

Bend sinister at the bottom in shield (7)

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

BUCKLE=”Bend” with the last/”bottom” letter of siniste-R

2d

Peter amended tiny part of Bible giving reason to stick together (6,2,7)

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

“Peter” is slang for a money box or SAFE + anagram/”amended” of (tiny)* + NUMBERS=a book of the Bible

3d

Charges current politician over void lease for land ownership (3,6)

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

definition: a term for unconditional ownership of land FEES=”Charges” + I (symbol for electric current) + MP (Member of Parliament, “politician”) + L-eas-E void of its inner letters

4d

Smashed bulb may be so (3,2)

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5d

Grilled cheese scoffed after case of Drambuie (9)

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

BRIE=”cheese” + FED=”scoffed”, all after the outer letters/”case” of D-rambui-E

6d

Official admitting hesitation over having more autonomy (5)

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

REF (referee, “Official”) around ER=”hesitation”, all reversed/”over”

7d

Succeeded cracking puzzles needing brains and hard fight (5,6,4)

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

S (Succeeded) cracking into CROSSWORDS=”puzzles” plus WIT=”brains” + H (hard)

8d

In front of uncovered king, captures rooks (5,2)

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13d

Start travelling to Nigeria (9)

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14d

Trendy blackguard has debts with no interest (9)

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15d

Spinner, which is unaffected by spinning? (7)

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

ROTATOR is a palindrome, the same when reversed/”unaffected by spinning”

17d

Inappropriately, give hands to married ladies when dancing (7)

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19d

Female leaving old seafood (5)

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

definition: an edible ear-shaped mollusc f (female) leaving f-ORMER=”old”

20d

Finish eg trifle, extremely nice after turnover (3,2)

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

PUD=pudding (“eg trifle”) plus the extreme/outer letters of N-ic-E; all reversed/”after turnover”