Guardian Cryptic #29223

2023-11-09

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1a

House Gale's men (7)

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5a

Racing management (7)

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

Double defn: 2nd: …/the overseeing of, say, an organisation.

10a

Rock band right to return payment (4)

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

R(abbrev. for “right”) + reversal of ( to return ) FEE(a payment for services).

11a

It's used for cleaning the bottom of fabric and dirty poster (6,4)

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TOILE(a translucent linen or cotton fabric) plus ( and ) TROLL(a dirty poster/an online poster with the intention of stirring trouble).

12a

Player gets second note about love (6)

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S(abbrev. for “second” in time notation) + TE(note in the sol-fa musical scale) + RE(about/in reference to) + O(letter signifying 0/love in tennis scores).

13a

Bad dates first eaten producing disgust (8)

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

Anagram of ( Bad ) DATES containing ( … eaten ) IST(first/1st with the Roman numeral substitution).

14a

Man complains not exposing at first those covering for rackets (9)

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HAND(man/a manual worker) + “gripes”(complains/grumbles) minus ( not ) 1st letter of ( … at first ) “ exposing “.

16a

Buffet at church presents difficulty (5)

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17a

Charlie perhaps acquires independent group of restaurants (5)

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CHAN(an example of which/perhaps, is Charlie Chan, fictional police detective) containing ( acquires ) I(abbrev. for “Independent”, a politician with no affiliation any political party).

19a

Trendy length uniform adopted by guard to show authority (9)

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23a

Firm butt delivered (8)

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24a

Notes poet describing mature woman (6)

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N,N(2 x abbrev. for “note”) contained in ( … describing ) GRAY(Thomas, English poet who wrote “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”).

26a

Trip won't half divide? (5,2,3)

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

Can’t find a reasonable parsing, only speculations. Eg. Anagram of ( Trip ) “ won’t “=”town”, an example of which is SPLIT in Croatia + [IN TWO](half).

27a

Kink in potsent back (4)

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Reversal of ( … – sent back ) POOL(pot/the collective amount of players’ stakes as the prize in gambling).

28a

No Parisian soldier takes Holy Communion having come back to get haircut (7)

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

Reversal of ( … having come back ) [NON(“no” in the language of a Parisian) + GI(a soldier in the US Army) plus ( takes ) HC(abbrev. for “Holy Communion”)].

29a

New net I twist ... again (7)

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Anagram of ( … twist ) NEW NET I .

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2d

Popular queen meeting Spanish aunt resulting in inactivity (7)

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IN(popular/trendy + ER(abbrev. for “Elizabeth Regina”, Queen Elizabeth) plus ( meeting ) TIA(“aunt” in Spanish).

3d

Strip the dog? Some might say: hold off (5)

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Homophone of ( …? Some might say ) “de-fur”(whimsically, to remove/strip off the coat/fur of a dog).

4d

Cross over by university theatre's entrance in the fresh air (7)

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Reversal of ( … over ) ROOD(a cross/crucifix) placed below ( by , in a down clue) [OU(abbrev. for the Open University) + 1st letter of ( …’s entrance ) “ theatre “].

6d

Upset Teresa enunciates showing anxiety (6)

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7d

Rate VAR in broadcast report (9)

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8d

Loves Mo ignoring back of runner (7)

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

NIL & O(“nothing” & letter representing 0: 2 x “love” in tennis scores) + “tick”(a moment, “mo” in short form) minus its last letter ( ignoring back ).

9d

Confused deity not ultimately limited by speed? (4,2,2,5)

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Reversal of ( … UP ) TIED = “ deity ” minus its last letter ( not ultimately ) + IN (limited by/within) + KNOTS(speed in terms of sea-miles).

15d

Doctor, one born British, meets Heather running slowly (9)

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DR(abbrev. for “doctor”) + I(Roman numeral for “one”) + B(abbrev. for “born”) + B(abbrev. for “British”) + LING(the common heather plant).

18d

Cheek expressing disgust after dwelling on the last character (7)

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PAH!(expression of disgust) placed below ( after , in a down clue) [HUT(a modest dwelling/residence) plus ( on ) Z(last character in the English alphabet)].

20d

Hat's on instrument (7)

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LEG(on, one side of the cricket pitch) + HORN(a wind musical instrument).

21d

Associate giving prisoner unfinished spliff (7)

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22d

Piece seen seldom in opera houses (6)

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25d

Permit unused but not at the beginning (5)

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

“fallow”(unused, in reference to land left uncultivated to let it recover its fertility) minus its 1st letter ( but not at the beginning ).