Guardian Cryptic #29113

2023-07-04

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1a

Spinner Shane Warne’s head aching: getting out with one maiden (7,7)

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

Anagram of SHANE W[arne] ACHING I M. I see there has been some controversy about a recent incident in a cricket match, perhaps making the surface reading accidentally topical

8a

Did rest with skinny latte in centre (5)

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LEAN (skinny) + the middle ot laTte

9a

Tag and arrest somebody (8)

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11a

Nurse and medic treated disease (7)

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12a

Simple one providing food without frills entertaining me, informally (7)

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13a

Pay women to get dates (5)

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15a

Mostly screw, drinking sparkling wine: one could be at mine (9)

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17a

Hurtful points in complaints (9)

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20a

Ford hybrid (5)

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21a

Routine intruder? Inspector without lead to cross line (7)

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L in [c]HECKER. A heckler may intrude on a comedian’s routine

23a

Concerned with duke over Virginia: Queen stands by attacker (7)

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VA in IN (concerned with) D[uke] + ER

25a

Romeo and Juliet, both principally drunk bottle (8)

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Anagram of ROMEO A[nd] J[uliet] B[oth]. A Jeroboam (named after a biblical king of Israel) is equivalent to four standard bottles

26a

Wash back of woman in spring (5)

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[woma]N in RISE (to spring)

27a

Fish in canal almost tricked to bite last of bait (8,6)

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[bai]T in anagram of IN CANAL ALMOST

Down

1d

Fighter, eg wrestler (not small), stopped early with wound (12)

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2d

Extremely scared around brown bear (5)

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TAN (brown) in S[care]D

3d

Made-up cuties, men swell up (9)

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4d

Good style, with profiterole initially missing chocolate filling (7)

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G + PANACHE less P[rofiterole]

5d

Old-fashioned spies set up meeting with chief (7)

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6d

Indicators of hours and seconds? (5)

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Hours and secords are indicated by H AND S, and by HANDS on a clock

7d

Deputy close to Gordon Brown also in speech (6,3)

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[gordo]N + UMBER (another brown) + homophone of “too” (also)

10d

Ungenerous or liberal: perhaps one does mind job in hospital? (12)

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14d

'Grand' and 'most ancient' describe wings of Christopher Wren? (9)

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C[hristophe]R in G + OLDEST

16d

Charlie always put in credit card the other way round (4,5)

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C[harlie] EVER in VISA

18d

Deal with kind public (4,3)

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19d

Pick up heavy breathing on microphone, that’s shocking (7)

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22d

Toilet: nothing is cleaner in bathroom? (5)

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24d

Daughter at store held up jeans (5)

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

D + reverse of MINE (store)