Guardian Cryptic #29030

2023-03-29

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Across

1a

Messy American students OTT? Time to be quiet (3,4,3,4)

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8a

Very pleasant detailed figure in computer game (5)

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9a

Enterprise spacecraft is a vessel with holes in it (8)

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11a

Person ridiculing authoritarian approach, but not loudly (7)

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

IRON FIST less F (forte, loudly)

12a

Conservative greeting opponent, a red (7)

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13a

Bread is minecheers! (5)

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15a

Ally of Liberal abandoning party in iffy seat (9)

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

SOCIAL (party) less L in SEAT*

17a

Drunk grasps article on Latin work by Eliot (5,4)

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

L[atin] + AN (article) in WASTED (drunk) – Eliot’s poem is actually The Waste Land, but articles are sometimes omitted when titles are used as answers

20a

Precious metal base is shining (5)

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21a

Make concrete in Israel, building side of edifice (7)

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

ISRAEL* + E[difice]

23a

After engaging writers, publisher says what it thinks (5,2)

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25a

Shrink is probing antagonist of 1 down (8)

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IS in MINI-ME (character in Austin Powers films)

26a

Day out in nude provoked dissatisfaction (5)

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

(IN NUDE)* less D

27a

What digital artist does with eg bit of whisky, say, and beer, drinking a mixed gin (6-8)

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Down

1d

British secret agent working on wiretaps to ensnare the Guardian (6,6)

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2d

Deliberately gave nothing to would-be borrowers (5)

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

If you gave nothing to would-be borrowers then you LENT 0; lento (Italian, often used in music) means slowly, deliberately

3d

Leave boxing action, regularly missing jab (9)

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

Alternate letters of aCtIoN in VACATE

4d

Look up, eating half of cold dry cheese (7)

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

CO[ld] + TT (teetotal, dry) in reverse of AIR (a look)

5d

That man tells stories, including primarily clever twists (7)

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

C[lever] in HE LIES

6d

Muslim belonging to a student group rejected (5)

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

Reverse of IN NUS (National Union of Students)

7d

Everybody warned to ignore odds during sporting tie (3,3,3)

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

Even letters of wArNeD in ONE-ALL (a draw, tie)

10d

Random few one's found in East London area that's swinging (4-8)

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

(FEW I’S)* in WAPPING

14d

Orchestra leader to look over popular overture from Ives (9)

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

TO SCAN + IN (popular) I[ves]

16d

Fickle character, clumsy actor and English stars in vacuous cartoon (9)

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

HAM + E + LEO (constellation) in C[artoo]n

18d

What diner did with pork pie recipe in drawer here? (7)

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

ATE (what diner did) + LIE (pork pie) + R[ecipe]

19d

Couple on date in Parisian area showing some guts (7)

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

DUO (couple) + D[ate] + EN (French “in”) + A[rea]

22d

Hard to leave Confucian classic, which is topping (5)

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

I CHING less H

24d

Where tablets were given wrong kind of computer program (5)

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