Guardian Cryptic #29005

2023-02-28

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Across

1a

One powerful goal, with rich result (8)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘result’?) of ‘goal’ plus ‘rich’.

5a

Protest article's purpose (6)

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9a

Writer, some lefties say, is Tory (8)

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10a

Notice Nick appearing in ... (6)

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12a

Dusty town in an unspecified location (11)

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15a

Relish short dance (5)

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17a

Britain's entanglement with EU law starts a tense situation (4-5)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘entanglement’) of ‘Britain’ plus EL (‘ E u L aw starts’).

18a

Model style mostly followed by one in five (9)

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19a

Island egg shelled, so to speak? (5)

Generating...

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

‘i SLAN g e G g’ minus the outer letters (‘shelled’).

20a

One way of seeing action is to have a row (11)

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24a

Throw covers not even cheap! (6)

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25a

Start fishing for one of a pair (8)

Generating...

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

CAST A NET (‘start fishing’).

26a

Be quiet, be human and, finally, enjoy this wine (6)

Generating...

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

A charade of SH (‘be quiet!’) plus ERR (‘be human’ – “to err is human, to forgive divine” Alexander Pope) plus Y (‘finally enjo Y ‘).

27a

Matilda's mate? Crikey! Right into the devil's clutches (2,6)

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Down

1d

One's silly to accept portal entry initials with identical password (4,6)

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2d

Home before ten, perhaps play guitar or something similar (10)

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3d

Race fairly, gain evenly (5)

Generating...

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

Alternate letters (‘evenly’) of ‘f A i R l Y g A i N ‘.

4d

Fun to tie cast in knotsthat's entertainment (4,3,5)

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6d

Endless abuse after directors take public transport (5,1,3)

Generating...

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

A charade of BOARD (‘directors’) plus ‘a bus[e]’ minus the last letter (‘endless’).

7d

Smooth beginning out of this clue (4)

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8d

Collection for Catherine (4)

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11d

Carefully selected result by breeding as ordered (8,4)

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13d

A television song with nations competing (Eurovision) starts in disagreement (2,8)

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14d

Spoke about drink after one began (10)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘about’) of I (‘one’) plus GIN (‘drink’) in ORATED (‘spoke’),

16d
23d

Poet would need to swap places for religious leader (9,4)

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21d

Not still a prison (5)

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22d

A member of the family in this state (2,2)

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23d

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