Guardian Cryptic #29103

2023-06-22

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Across

1a

Policeman getting stoned, in a dreadful state (12)

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9a

Hands clasping bird, one dwelling in trees (5)

Generating...

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

L R (left right – hands) round EMU (bird)

10a

Fish cakes flipping green, with dessert being yellow (9)

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

COD (fish) round (cakes, as in caked with mud) a reversal (flipping) of RAW (green) + ICE (dessert)

11a

Opposes further exams head of school's introduced (7)

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RESITS (further exams) round S[chool]

12a

Nearly trick chess champion, making exchanges (7)

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13a

Means of buying audio version of The Unbearable Lightness of Being? (10)

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15a

According to reporter, East End trio's at large (4)

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As an East Ender might pronounce ‘three’ (trio)

18a

Bishop abandons Italian riverbank (4)

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

Ti[b]er ( Italian river) minus b (bishop) a neat ‘lift and separate’

19a

One might get played in auditor's vile scam (4,6)

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22a

Storybook prefaced by a Spanish translator's intro (7)

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RUTH (book of the Old Testament) after UN (a Spanish) T[ranslator] – and another ‘lift and separate’…

24a

Person in Black Sea abroad catches old vessel (7)

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… and another: MER (French – ‘abroad’ – for sea) round O (old) URN (vessel)

25a

Luvvie, attacked by bee crossing river, hobbled (9)

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HAM (luvvie) + STUNG (attacked by bee) round R (river) – I queried the definition but I should have known better: ‘hobble’ can be transitive, too (Collins: ‘to fetter the legs of {a horse} in order to restrict movement’)

26a

American, as it happens, is quick (5)

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27a

Outspoken genius rejects one scientist playing God (12)

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FRANK (outspoken) + E[i]NSTEIN (genius) minus i (one)

Down

1d

Syrian's theatrical work missing right part of it? (9)

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D[r]AMA (theatrical work) minus r (right) + SCENE (part of drama) – the question mark indicates definition by example

2d

Exaltation and short satisfied expression for one in bed (8)

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3d

Old Brits, perhaps still way to the north (5)

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4d

Strike idiot in neck and face in scrap (4,5)

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TOOL (idiot) in DOWN (neck – slang for drink) + initial letter (face) of Scrap

5d

Parent into Jack Kerouac at lastit's On The Road (6)

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

MA (parent) in TAR (Jack) [keroua]C – a super clue; a ‘lift and separate’ and, of course, Jack Kerouac wrote ‘On The Road’

6d

Animal that grazes in pen put up on island (5)

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7d

Idle, following extremely casual father (6)

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ERIC (Monty Python’s Idle) after C[asua]L

8d

Struggle eating animal produce? Such a person would (6)

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14d

Stole M Sartre's case in waterside shed (9)

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BOA (stole) + THOU[sand]  (M) + the ‘case’ of S[artr]E

16d

Navy brought in new look for navy emblem (3,6)

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17d

Fashion items around posh Hollywood area for model (8)

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

An anagram (fashion) of ITEMS round U (posh) LA (Hollywood area)

18d

T Rex oddly covering It Hurts Meit's a hit! (6)

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20d

Pupil hasn't started rewarding activity (6)

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21d

New Yorker's behind acceptable British driver (6)

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23d

One might record duration of brief uprising (5)

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24d

Enchanting person's publicationthe Guardian? (5)

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