Guardian Cryptic #29042

2023-04-12

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Across

1a

Cleaner tackles little boy's chamber (7)

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5a

Best clothes seen on TV? (3,4)

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9a

Nothing good is postponed (2,3)

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10a

Sid's organ playing 'Stop' and 'Roundabout'? (4,5)

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11a

Fruity red and triple sec seen drunk in style (5,5)

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12a

Drink in Wetherspoons, for example, 20% off (4)

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14a

Sophisticated magazine (12)

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18a

Start of 21 badly needs a wash, extremely dirty (3,9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘badly’) of ‘needs a wash’ plus DY (‘extremely D irt Y ‘), with ’21’ LENT being the Christian season..

21a

Essentially gifted and advanced (4)

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22a

Medical device for reading pet barcodes? (3,7)

Generating...

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

Definition and (whimsical) literal interpretation.

25a

Mineral water finally on a table as fluid (9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘fluid’) of ‘R (‘wate R finally’) plus ‘a table as’.

26a

Opening of cinema features parts of films (5)

Generating...

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

A charade of C (‘opening of C inema’) plus LIPS (facial ‘features’)

27a

Letter only composed to inspire another (7)

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28a

Could Solomon be a member of the Mafia? (4,3)

Generating...

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

Definition plus literal interpretation – Solomon was noted for his wisdom.

Down

1d

Curse? He'll go red (6)

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2d

One travelling down Amazon, perhaps (6)

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3d

Old server's corruptedfirm employed draws lines through (10)

Generating...

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

An envelope (’employed’) of CO (‘firm’) in O (‘old’) plus VERSRES, an anagram (‘corrupted’) of ‘servers’.

4d

../-./.../.--././-.-./-/---/.-. ? (5)

Generating...

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

The clue is Morse code for INSPECTOR. My first thought was that it would turn out to be ENDEAVOUR.

5d

Wanting independence, instructs naughty pets in parts of church (9)

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6d

Ask to sit (4)

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7d

For example, going back and forth grappling with cooking ingredient (3,5)

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8d

PM once ignoring head of Treasury to protect Welsh woman and foreign nationals? (8)

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13d

Permissions for king put in jail with occasional access (10)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘put in’) of LEAR (‘king’) in CAN (‘jail’) plus CES (‘occasional a C c E s S ‘).

15d

'This war's over!'that fake article by nuclear project (9)

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16d

Spooner's hirsute man in prayer (4,4)

Generating...

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

A Spoonerism of MALE, HAIRY.

17d

Chats with mate endlessly next to footballers' partners (8)

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19d

Veiled legend in grand finale (6)

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20d

Reliable Tory trading gold for iron oxide? (6)

Generating...

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

‘Tory’ with OR (‘gold’) replaced by RUST (‘iron oxide’).

23d

Guard's company (5)

Generating...

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

A charade of S (following the apostrophe) plus CREW (‘company’), for a prison ‘guard’.

24d

PIN number 1150? (4)

Generating...

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

A charade of N (‘number’) plus A (one, ‘1’) plus I (‘1′) plus L (Roman numeral, ’50’).