Guardian Cryptic #29236

2023-11-24

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Across

1a

Satisfied Press Association, say, over large print ad? (4-4)

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5a

Open posh prawn cocktail (6)

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9a

Like common people in Bristol entering without guidance (8)

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10a

Ex-boozers acquiring unknown pub to host market (6)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘to host’) of Z (mathematical ‘unknown’) plus (‘acquiring’) AA (Alcoholics Anonymous, ‘ex-boozers’) in BAR (‘pub’). The word ordering of ‘acquiring’ and ‘to host’ is tortuous, but not impossible. We have to go back to Wednesday’s Carpathian for the same answer (and definition), with different wordplay.

12a

As a result of love song's opening (3,2)

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13a

Food from no ordinary urban quarter in unnamed European country (9)

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14a

Announcing retrospective - assign it a glum or pessimistic segment (12)

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18a

Manufacture prototype one's seen on runway? (7,5)

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21a

Run a piece about hedonist (9)

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23a

Use covering of tinfoil to wrap uncooked fish (5)

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24a

Awful jerk's penning paper (6)

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25a

Show confusion as small club's getting to grips with Arsenal at last (8)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘getting to grips with’) of L (‘Arsena L at last’) in S (‘small’) plus PUTTER (golf ‘club’).

26a

Delay as detective meets the resistance (6)

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27a

25 fences largely exposed in competitive environment (5-3)

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Down

1d

Establishes heaps after gender reassignment (6)

Generating...

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

MOUNDS (‘heaps’) with the M changed to F (‘after gender reassignment’).

2d

State discovered art by Turner? (6)

Generating...

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

A charade of LATHE (‘turner’ – deceptive capital) plus ‘[a]r[t]’ minus its outer letters ‘dis-covered’). ‘State’ as in ‘in a state” – perturbed.

3d

Cover up bucket and regularly ruin collection (9)

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4d

One might be in the pit as a Little Mix musical starts in tune (6,6)

Generating...

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

A charade of GREASE (‘musical’, stage and film) plus M (‘a little M ix’) plus ON KEY (‘in tune’), with ‘starts’ indicating the order of the particles. In the definition, the ‘pit’ might be in a body shop.

6d

Welsh town's tidy hotel (5)

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7d

Correct terminal of Stansted Airport for excursion of sorts (4,4)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘correct’) of D (‘terminal of Stanste D ‘) plus ‘Airport’.

8d

Possibly breakfast time (8)

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11d

Writer of Black Swan keeping completely on topic (9,3)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘keeping’) of ALL (‘completely’) plus (‘on’) POINT (‘topic’) in B (‘black’) plus PEN (female ‘swan’).

15d

Stunned as Kanye maybe getting into a fight (3-6)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘getting into’) of WEST (‘Kanye’) in ‘a’ plus RUCK (‘fight’).

16d

Changed camp (8)

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17d

Surprisingly partisan candidate (8)

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19d

Ultimately wanting Apple to supply computer (6)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘supply’ – in a supple manner) of ‘appl[e]’ minus its last letter (‘ultimately wanting’) plus ‘to’.

20d

Blood banks to control rough rate (6)

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22d

Ally in uniform caught man on board (5)

Generating...

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

A charade of U (‘uniform’) plus NITE, sounding like (‘caught’) KNIGHT (‘man on board’, chess).