Guardian Cryptic #29059

2023-05-02

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Across

8a

Rolling in it as the result of my agitation (4-2-2)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Police team taking top off chain guard (5)

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

(S) WAT ("police team", taking top off ) + ch . (chain)

10a

Mark wastes comeback (4)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Provided inverted crannies designed for gnomes? (10)

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

<=IF ("provided", inverted ) + *(crannies) [anag: designed ]

12a

Place associated with fever epidemic (6)

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

Pl. (place) associated with AGUE ("fever")

14a

Alight one more time on bench (8)

flowerflowerflower
16a

Mouthy thing elected Conserv­ativeis nothing right? (7)

flowerflowerflower
18a

One tree in the French island (2,5)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Fancy decaff teanot one that's pretentious (8)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Fruit makes pop star extremely randy (6)

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

CHER ("pop star") + [ extremely ] R (and) Y

24a

Intermission. It's not good for a server (5,5)

flowerflowerflower
26a
17d

Mere game? (4)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Odious ultimately servile character, one lacking initiative (5)

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

(odiou) S [ ultimately ] + (Uriah) HEEP ("servile character" in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield )

28a

Tip when carrying table: middle of leg is joined (8)

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

END ("tip") when carrying LIST ("table") + [ middle of ] (l) E (g)

Down

1d

The one that ended in disaster was the first to leave the band (8)

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

LED ("was the first") to leave (Led) ZEPPELIN ("the (rock) band")

2d

Spoil line inserted in software program (4)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Commodity box not popular with central Greece (6)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Land matter disheartened revolutionary (7)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Small pasty-faced bulb developer (4)

flowerflowerflower
6d

It provocatively reveals band drinks last of moonshine (10)

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

STRIP ("band") + TEAS ("drinks) + [ last of ] (moonshin) E

7d

Type of music sung in French or Albanian (6)

flowerflowerflower
13d

It brings relief to a minor reptile that's swallowed abandoned wiper (5,5)

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

GATER ("reptile") that's swallowed *(wiper) [anag: abandoned ]

15d

Large liquid expanse of hydrogen discharged from small African tree (3)

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

H (hydrogen) discharged from S (h) EA ("small African tree")

17d

See 26

19d

Presented a rear view across a river that's cut off (8)

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

MOONED ("presented a rear view") across A + R (river)

20d

Fan of Slough confined by a physician! (7)

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

MIRE ("slough") confined by A Dr. (doctor, so "physician")

22d

New one, perhaps, needs backing of the others (6)

flowerflowerflower
23d

Don't start deliberately to sink a marine creature! (6)

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

[ don't start ] (s) CUTTLE ("deliberately sink")

25d

Police finally after father who released a bull (4)

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

(polic) E [ finally ] after POP ("father")

26d

Action on the pitch made public swoon (4,3)

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