Guardian Cryptic #29050

2023-04-21

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1a

Group of doctors show off info about worthy folk (4,3)

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5a

Island has significant area bordering sea, we hear (7)

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

[ MAJOR(significant/important) + A(abbrev. for “area”) ] containing ( bordering ) “C”(pronounced/we hear, the same as “sea”) .

10a

Press endlessly saying things without meaning them (4)

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

“irony”(saying things that you don’t really mean) minus its last letter ( endlessly … ).

11a

Ultimately, Aquinas and Catholics disseminated such philosophy? (10)

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

Last letter of ( Ultimately ) “ Aquinas ” plus ( and ) anagram of ( … disseminated ) CATHOLICS .

12a

Heartless decrees by working president once (6)

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

“wills”(decrees/specific instructions) minus its middle letter ( Heartless … ) plus ( by ) ON(working).

13a

Everton and Derby's first team clothes not changed (8)

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

[ 1st letter of ( …’s first ) “ Everton ” and “ Derby “] contained in ( … clothes ) UNITED(as used in the names of teams, like Manchester United).

14a

Relative somewhere in the UK swallows indefinite number of drinks (5,4)

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

BRO(short for “brother”, a relative) + WALES(part of/somewhere in the UK) containing ( swallows ) N(in maths, symbol for an indefinite number).

16a

Always entertained by bishop, say, of old civilisation (5)

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17a

Son given either end of tasty pork pie (5)

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

S(abbrev. for “son”) plus ( given ) (T OR Y)[either the front end or back end of “tasty”).

19a

Birds with wit circling good spot to the west (4,5)

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

WILDE(Oscar, the Irish wit) containing ( circling ) [ G(abbrev. for “good”) + reversal of ( … to the west , in an across clue) SEE(to spot/to look).

23a

Large drop drunk by that guy, one capital port (8)

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

[L(abbrev. for “large”) + SINK(to drop/come to a lower level)] contained in ( drunk by ) [ HE(that guy) + I(Roman numeral for “one”) ].

24a

Keeping poles apart, joined European country (6)

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

SN(abbrev. for “south” and “north” poles) contained in ( Keeping … apart … ) [WED(joined in matrimony) + E(abbrev. for “European”) ].

26a

Patience, say, I manage to keep in company, getting arm twisted (5,5)

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

[ I + COPE(to manage/to deal with effectively)] contained in ( to keep in ) [ CO(abbrev. for “company”) plus ( getting ) anagram of ( … twisted ) ARM .

27a

eg 1st of December, 2nd of May, 6th of August, 4th of June? (4)

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

1st letter of ( 1st of ) “ December ” + 2nd letter of ( 2nd of ) “ May ” + 6th letter of ( 6th of ) “ August ” + 4th letter of ( 4th of ) “ June “.

28a

Work hard in fact to return formal attire (3,4)

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

[OP(abbrev. for “opus”, a literary or musical work) + H(abbrev. for “hard”) ] contained in ( in ) reversal of ( … to return ) STAT(short for “statistic”/a fact).

29a

Release a lot of mendacious fascists (7)

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

“untrue”(mendacious/lying) minus its last letter ( a lot of … ) SS(Schutzstaffel, the fascist organisation of the Nazi Party.

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2d

Runner has day for run, showing more endurance (7)

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

“harrier”(a cross-country runner) with “d”(abbrev. for “day”) replacing ( has … for ) “r”(abbrev. for “run” in cricket scores).

3d

Channel goes wrong about rating given to film (5)

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

SINS(goes wrong/commits an immoral act) containing ( about ) U(one of the ratings in the classification system of film).

4d

Pavlova with hot topping getting huge praise (7)

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

ANNA(Pavlova, famed ballerina) placed below ( with … topping , in a down clue) [ H(abbrev. for “hot”) plus ( getting ) OS(abbrev. for “outsize”/huge) ].

6d

Oblivious to the world, like flipping British PM (6)

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7d

Wilful child mostly climbing, say, around home (9)

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

Reversal of ( … climbing , in a down clue) “boy”(child) minus its last letter ( mostly ) + STATE(to say/to declare) ] containing ( around ) IN(at home, as in “I’m home if you want to visit”).

8d

Caught that chap about to bring up adult fantasy (7)

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

C(abbrev. for “caught” in cricket scores) + HIM(that chap) + reversal of ( … to bring up , in a down clue) RE(about/with reference to) + A(abbrev. for “adult”).

9d

One cannot stand Bill going round hideous dive drunk (with 10 members of 9 to be found in the grid) (1,5,7)

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15d

Extremely devious setter's rising in valueLogodaedalus, say (9)

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

[ 1st and last letters of ( Extremely ) “ devious ” + reversal of ( …’s rising ) I’M(setter is/I am, with the setter using the self-referential pronoun)] contained in ( in ) WORTH(value/merit).

18d

Italian who drew one game after another (7)

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20d

Pooh-pooh bust said to interrupt boom, perhaps (7)

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21d

Covers of special celeb mag keep mum in a spin (7)

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

S(abbrev. for “special”) + HEAT(an English entertainment magazine/a celeb mag) + reversal of ( … in a spin ) SH!(keep mum/quiet).

22d

Like hikers taking fellow as well towards the top (2,4)

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

ON(taking, as in “are you on medication?”) + F(abbrev. for “fellow”) + reversal of ( … towards the top , in a down clue) TOO(as well/also).

25d

Engineers fail to turn down supplier (5)

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