Guardian Cryptic #29077

2023-05-23

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Across

5a

Colour once the line's blue (6)

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6a

Grown-up weed over tent (3,3)

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9a

Son left boring low buzzerit's annoying (8)

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

S (son) + QUIT="left", both "boring" ('bore' as in 'pierce', 'drill') into MOO=a cow's "low"

10a

Affected American grounds for education (6)

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11a

Leader of air force travelling to this address (4,2)

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

definition: used to indicate delivery to an address other than where the recipient would normally receive mail anagram/"travelling" of ( a force)*, with ' a ' as the "Leader of a ir"

13a

Getting souvenir from Gatwick's terminal: go back with Japanese drink (8)

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

"Getting… from…" connects the definition to the rest of the clue, rather than adding to the rest of the wordplay the end letter/"terminal" of [Gatwic]- K + PEE ="go" reversed/"back" + SAKE ="Japanese drink"

14a
8d

Duke only bet big on poker when working with electronic system for recording deals (6-5,11)

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18a

Quickly prepare comic set with RuPaul trashing America (6,2)

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

anagram/"comic" of (set RuP- a -ul)* discarding/"trashing" the letter ' a ' for "America"

19a

Retrospectively consider casting couches untouchable (6)

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21a

Shy away from angry crocodile wanting fish (6)

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

anagram/"angry" of (cro- cod -ile)* minus cod ="fish"

22a

A lot of our menus circulated (8)

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24a

Partner's steep parking charges (6)

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

SOUSE=soak in liquid="steep", with P for "parking" inside ("charges" can mean 'fills' or 'loads into')

25a

Space on school English programme (6)

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

EM in printing/typography, a measure of "Space"; after/"on" SCH (school), then plus E (English)

Down

1d

Hint about returning TV panel show's set (6)

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

definition: "set" as a noun meaning a group of people CLUE="Hint" around reversal/"returning" of QI, the BBC "TV panel show" [wiki]

2d

Bread releasing a single recorded as DIY music? (2-2)

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

definition: 'lo-fi' is short for 'low fidelity', a style of recording music contrasted against 'high fidelity' LO A F="Bread", minus/releasing " a "; plus I=one, "single"

3d

Mike casting actress in The Krays, say (10)

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4d

Mister Scrooge partook occasionally at first (8)

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

definition: "Mister" as in something that can spray a mist e.g. of perfume Ebenezer "Scrooge" [wiki] is a MISER , with occasional letters from p- A -r- T -o- O -k going first

5d

Belly dance finally seen by Arab country's royal bodyguard (6)

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

final letters of [Bell]-Y [danc]-E, plus OMAN="Arab country"

7d

Brave to pick unknown (6)

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

PLUCK="pick" (e.g. a guitar string) + Y=symbol for a mathematical "unknown"

8d

See 14

12d

Material lie about modern American composer (10)

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15d

Conservative party pursuing alternative to holding hard vote (8)

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

DO="party" after/"pursuing": OR="alternative" + TO around/"holding" H (hard); …then plus X=symbol to mark a "vote"

16d

Pressure of rubber company making ten hollow samples (6)

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17d

Iconic Australian posh girl raised pulse (6)

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

EMU="Iconic Australian" animal, plus GEL=a rendering of a 'posh' pronunciation of "girl"; all reversed/"raised"

20d

My class stays (6)

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23d

Club's highest point when midfielder initially moves up top (4)

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

definition: a blunt weapon AC M E="highest point", with the initial M of " m idfielder" moved to the top of the word