Guardian Cryptic #29024

2023-03-22

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9a

Stress over work? Quite the opposite (9)

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10a

Amuse daughter going round water feature in capital (5)

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11a

Make a mistake feeding rustic poet (7)

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12a

One hour's spent describing Meg's backsidecheeky! (7)

Generating...

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

anagram (spent, similar in meaning to ‘used’) of (I HOUR’S)*, with I=”One”, around the back of [Me]-G

13a

Meet round side and do a runner (4)

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

definition: to move quickly FIT=”Meet”, around L (left, “side”)

14a

Not still angry? (7,3)

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16a

Pets whose traditional enemies doubled at first (7)

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

D-OGGIES=”traditional enemies [of cats/moggies]”, with the “first” letter D (500 in Roman numerals) “doubled” to M (1,000 in Roman numerals)

17a

Break with former court favourite? Boycott's no good! (4,3)

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19a

Here, time's up! (5,5)

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22a

Fish round lake doing nothing (4)

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24a

Hill on track heading westI start to climb moving on (7)

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

DAMON reversed/”heading west”, plus I, plus C-limb Damon Hill [wiki] is the “Hill on [a Formula 1] track”

25a

Cause of sufferingnot having a second bottle! (7)

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26a

Son and his mates playing in drives (5)

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27a

Foreign article is clear-sighted (9)

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Down

1d

Chances of US mum fighting to keep husband largely the same (4,2,1,8)

Generating...

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

anagram/”fighting” of (Chances of US mum)*, around H (husband)

2d

Decorating troublecall to engage handyman in the end (8)

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

ADO=”trouble” + RING=”call” around handyma-N

3d

Be behind redhead in shadow (5)

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

“head” of R-ed, inside TAIL=”shadow”

4d

Exploits at work finally impress weaklings (8)

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

MILKS=”Exploits” as a verb + OP (opus, work) + impres-S

5d

Rents show no restraint (3,3)

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6d

Same agent changed what player's called (5,4)

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7d

Lack of variety cyclingcorrect? Let me think! (6)

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

EDI-T=”correct” as a verb, with the last letter cycling to the front, plus UM=verbal hesitation, “Let me think”

8d

The wife and a 'friend' messed around inside, so it's not 17 down (4,1,10)

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

definition: not THE USUAL (answer to 17dn) anagram/”messed” of (The wife a friend)*, with C (circa, “around”) inside

15d

Desk twice ransackedthis could not be worse (9)

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

anagram/”ransacked” of (Desk twice)*

17d

America detaining university lecturerthat's reportedly in order (3,5)

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

definition: as in asking for ‘the usual’ food or drink “order” THE USA=”America”, around U (university), plus L (lecturer)

18d

Inflexibleread nothing but rubbish (8)

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20d

Heavy metal backing musician covering Iron Maiden's originals (6)

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

reversal/”backing” of MUSO=slang for “musician”, around I-[ron] M-[aiden]

21d

Will being violent once here wound? Very upset on the surface (6)

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

definition refers to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony [wiki] SCAR=”wound”, with SO=”Very” reversed/”upset” and going around/”on the surface”

23d

Sailor isn't entertaining creature of the night (5)

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