Guardian Cryptic #29154

2023-08-21

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Across

5a

What do twins have close together? Places for sleeping, say (6)

flowerflowerflower
6a

Act duplicitously when selling coat (6)

flowerflowerflower
9a

This creed's delightful with both ends repeated (6)

Generating...

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

NICE (delightful) + both ends of NicE – here’s the Creed

10a

Biased, not two-faced? (3-5)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Biblical king was just a joke (4)

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

A GAG (a joke) – and it’s a double AG See here for the king

12a

Oddly, heirs did, by inheriting from different sources? (10)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Take ferry both ways, say, to do some selling down the river (6-5)

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Sort of double definition

18a

Humour very hard senior person who won't give up (10)

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

WIT (humour) + H H (very hard) + OLDER (senior)

21a

River goddess (4)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Asian dog food replicated (4-4)

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CHOW (food) replicated

23a

Require to incorporate double time as scored (6)

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NEED (require) round T T (double time)

24a

Repeatedly taps a dance (3-3)

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C (cold) H (hot) – taps + A, repeatedly

25a

It includes doubles group outside pub sent back (6)

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A reversal (sent back) of SET (group) round INN (PUB)

Down

1d

Notes going up or down, doubly good in opera I arranged (8)

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

G G (doubly good) in an anagram (arranged) of OPERA I

2d

He's confused, he's disorganisedthat's unbelievable! (6)

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

An anagram (confused) of HE’S plus another (disorganised)

3d

For no apparent reason, outlier upset over second conclusion he reaches (8)

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

An anagram (upset) of OUTLIER round R – I can’t quite see this: it’s the last letter of OUTLIER but why ‘second’?

4d

Dual sign, for example, put up on car (6)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Captain's position in game that features doubles (6)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Part of anxiety one reproduced? (6)

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

XI (eleven) is contained in anXIety: and II (11) is ‘one reproduced’

8d

Wounded slob stupidly extends risky commitment (7,4)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Noisy reaction and ferment heard, then repetitive laughter (8)

flowerflowerflower
15d

Like certain images, being rude in a way (8)

flowerflowerflower
16d

Resembling stone from litchi caught dropping twice (6)

Generating...

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

LITCHI, with the C (caught) moving two places (dropping, in a down clue)

17d

Again consuming mushroom for muscle (6)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Vulgar laughter warmonger mostly echoed (3-3)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Double person making call (6)

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