Guardian Cryptic #29034

2023-04-03

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1a

Arrival into major road bound to result in an accident (12)

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

ADVENT (arrival) in MI (major road) SURE (bound)

9a

Medium may take daughter in for time to create relationship? (5)

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

RA[t]IO (relationship) with t (time) replaced by D (daughter) – but the clue seems the wrong way round?

10a

Understanding provided by home schooling (9)

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11a

Chaos if chief abscondsany left? (7)

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12a

Incompetent tennis ace divides America (7)

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13a

Redesigned a Mister Man to be more conventional (10)

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15a

Noble expected to shelter monarch (4)

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

DUE (expected) round K (king – monarch)

18a

Mark seen regularly in serpents with just a silvery appearance (4)

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

Alternate letters of sErPeNtS I’m not a fan of these non-acronyms used as solutions – but this is  rather clever: EPNS stands for electroplated nickel silver, which would have a hallmark – maybe a serpent is one of them but I didn’t have time to trawl through this list

19a

Pigs soiled ground? It's hardly earth-shattering news (4,6)

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22a

International award cheers popular officer (7)

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24a

First-class umpire confused start of match (7)

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

An anagram (confused) of UMPIRE M[atch]

25a

Tosses around doubtful drinks (9)

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26a

Break down when director is lost for answer (5)

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27a

Focussed on a misleading description of homeopathic product? (12)

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Down

1d

Press coverage suspended at ten for negotiation (9)

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2d

Philosophy is part of unusual sitcom (8)

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3d

Tandem ride awaits her, if she is willing (5)

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4d

Train shortened trip in anger (9)

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5d

Can rising poet reject society? (6)

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

A reversal (rising) of T [s] ELIOT (poet) minus s (society) – a new slant on the classic anagram

6d

Pick up artist is European (5)

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7d

Parts of camphor gas mixture can be explosive! (6)

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8d

United side lacking depthit looks silly to some (6)

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

ONE (united) + SI[d]El lacking d (depth) I could well be missing something but this is one of the vaguest definitions I’ve seen!

14d

Embarrassed by junior officer seen waving on a British vessel (3,6)

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16d

Retrained in Elba? (9)

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

A reversal ‘up’, in a down clue, of ELBA gives ABLE (skilled) – easier if you know the classic palindrome

17d

Bath Rome's set out in this place (8)

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18d

Remove old volume being talked about (6)

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20d

Spoil plan agent has to make a comeback (6)

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21d

Plan to adapt attic to store clubs (6)

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

An anagram (to adapt) of ATTIC round C (clubs)

23d

One paid to have second puff (5)

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24d

Model initiated by party of socialist economic radicals (5)

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