Guardian Cryptic #29066

2023-05-10

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Across

9a

First carriage returned in a different place (5)

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10a

Draw in to prepare to shoot a lake bird (9)

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

TIE (“draw”) in COCK (“to prepare to shoot”) + A + L (lake)

11a

Boy is caught capturing serieson this? (5,4)

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LAD (“boy”) + IS + C (caught, in cricket) capturing Ser. (series)

12a

Article about government issue recalled quantity (5)

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<=(THE (“article”) about GI (government issue), recalled )

13a

Leave sextet enthralled by the main guitarist (7)

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GO (“leave”) + VI (Roman numeral 6, so “sextet”) enthralled by SEA (“the main”) Andrés Segovia (1893-1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist.

15a

Calm, being about to enter horse race (7)

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ca. (circa, so “about”) to enter PLATE (“horse race”)

17a

Each is discounted in a motive for crime (5)

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Ea. (each) is discounted from A R (ea) SON (“motive”)

18a

A few backtracked, eliminating zero spaces in printed material (3)

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<=S (o) ME (“a few”, backtracked , eliminating O (zero))

20a

Silver luminance seen in wings of exquisite bird (5)

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Ag (chemical symbol for “silver”) + L (luminance) in [ wings of ] E (xquisit) E

22a

Invention having soft (not loud) colour (7)

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(f)IGMENT (“invention”) having P (piano, so “soft”) not F (forte, so “loud”) becomes (P)IGMENT

25a

Exit path from Nansen’s ship, heading for Pole (3-4)

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OF (“from”) + FRAM (“Nansen’s ship”) + [ heading for ] P (ole) “Fram” was a ship used by several Norwegian polar explorers, including Nansen and Amundsen.

26a

Four without question recalled in this prefix? (5)

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<= (qu) ARTET (“four”, without QU. (question)) [ returned ] and &lit. “Tetra-” is a prefix to indicate “four”

27a

Bird book without much focus? (9)

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30a

Difficulty in conveying sensation aroused by eg a urinal (9)

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31a

Hunting opening for Holmes in investigation (5)

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[ opening for ] H (olmes) in CASE (“investigation”)

Down

1d

Nobleman and king left to the end (4)

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2d

America brought in wise folk to identify a string of items (8)

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3d

Bright item’s endless glare (4)

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[ endless ] STAR (e) (“glare”)

4d

Current obligation to adopt tax move (8)

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5d

Cold current picked up speed, rising to frozen region (6)

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<=(C (cold) + I (“current”, in physics), picked up ) + <=PACE (“speed”, rising )

6d

Maintain opinion on vehicle opponent rolled (4,4,2)

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TAKE (“opinion”) on CAR (“vehicle”) + <=FOE (“opponent”, rolled )

7d

Old way to bring in a government rebellion, initially a boost for a member? (6)

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VIA (Roman word for road, so “old way”) to bring in A + G (overnment) R (ebellion) [ initially ]

8d

Instinctive to limit large surplus production (4)

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GUT (“instinctive”) to limit L (large)

13d

Touches up, cuddling male character (5)

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<=PATS (“touches”, up) cuddling M (male)

14d

Archdeacon attending hospital department getting warning about a couple of veins (5,5)

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Ven. (venerable, address for an “archdeacon”) attending A & E (accident and emergency, so “hospital department”) getting CAVE (Latin for “warning”) about A The “venae cavae” are the two major veins which take blood to the heart.

16d

Carefully consider status of the king of the country of the blind? (3,2)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Travelling illegally, drag American through control (8)

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TOW (“drag”) + A (American) through SWAY (“control”)

21d

Most of shop opened by key that’s cut? Serious stuff (8)

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23d

Instruction to depart for one uppity solicitor (3,3)

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[ uppity ] <=e.g . (“for one”) + TOUT (“solicitor”)

24d

Island extremely welcoming to some game (6)

flowerflowerflower
26d

Unknown figure in no way up for an award (4)

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<=(Y (“unknown”, in mathematics) + NOT (“in no way”), up )

28d

Resist American car disgorging one (4)

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29d

Dull and slimy when extracted (4)

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

AS (“when”) extracted from GRE (as) Y