Guardian Cryptic #29178

2023-09-18

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1a

Accomplished lines about a comprehensive (7)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘about’) of ‘a’ in OVER (‘accomplished’) plus LL (‘lines’).

5a

Settled on entering working party (7)

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9a

Career that's stimulating (5)

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10a

Choked elongated fish perished (9)

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11a

Symbolic 5 includes guitar riff (10)

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12a

Detailed description of small muscle (4)

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14a

Anniversary bash outside eastern entrance out of control (12)

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18a

Guardian articles on Republican political group that heralds a storm? (7,5)

Generating...

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

A charade of WE (‘Guardian’) plus A THE (‘articles’) plus R (‘Republican’) plus FRONT (‘political group’).

21a

State service (4)

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22a

Drink that in Spanish means 'island' (10)

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25a

Umlaut scrawled over man's name; accept it or else! (9)

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26a

Brother gets over Dutch scam (5)

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27a

Sought to circulate around river's low points (7)

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28a

Ostentatious as kids in a puddle? (7)

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Down

1d

Loss, if York houses become fixed (6)

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2d

Go grey, perhaps, after near death (6)

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3d

European football team abroad clear end by half-time (10)

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4d

Fair's awkward situation: no parking (5)

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5d

US state split by ex-monarch's notary (9)

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6d

America's holding of heaven-bound heavenly objects (4)

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7d

Drumming sound coming from grass on a plot (8)

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8d

Performed turn on ends of rickety stool, being two-toed (8)

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13d

Significant base in Gulf conflict (10)

Generating...

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

A charade of MEAN (‘base’) plus ‘in’ plus GFUL, an anagram (‘conflict’) of ‘Gulf’.

15d

Versace, not busy, dropping round to see writer (9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘busy’) of ‘Versace n[o]t’ minus the O (‘dropping round’).

16d

Feel dizzy taking diamonds, say, for beachwear (8)

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17d

Wrong time and time againlove rather strained (8)

Generating...

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

A charade of FALSE (‘wrong’) plus TT (‘time and time again’) plus O (‘love’).

19d

Matches squeal when lit (6)

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20d

Implacable insensitive heartless sexual partner (6)

Generating...

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

A charade of DEAD (‘insensitive’) plus L[a]Y (‘sexual partner’) minus the middle letter (‘heartless’).

23d

Newspaper 'X'? (5)

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