Guardian Cryptic #29239

2023-11-28

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Across

1a

Sweet, say, particularly covered in fluff (12)

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

UTTER ("say") + sc . ("particularly") covered in BOTCH ("fluff")

9a

Winter Olympian's weapon (5)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Folk hero made chips with silicon, say (9)

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

FRIED ("made chips") with Si (chemical symbol for "silicon") + e.g. ("say")

11a

Poorly, eyelid on the blink after end of operation (7)

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

*(eyelid) [anag: on the blink ] after [ end of ] (operatio) N

12a
15a

What might secure the bucks, ship bound for Madeira? (7,4)

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13a

Fallout from 12 15 (10)

flowerflowerflower
15a

See 12

18a
21d

Slough crossed by rower, if old wizard on bridge playing role? (4,6)

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19a

Old pianist with cry of pain leaving Jack Sprat's wife? (4,6)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Unclosed box is in front of class (7)

flowerflowerflower
24a
7d

How might one force entry, murder getting a drink here? (7)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Comic, backing of scary woman by parliament (3,6)

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

MEL B (aka Mel Brown or "Scary SPice", so "scary woman") backed by "parliament" of ROOKS

26a

Celebrate elasticity in latex (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Macerate a substance picked after first of apples, most of the time (2,5,2,3)

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

After [ first of ] A (pples), SOFTEN ("macerate") + A + SNOT ("substance picked")

Down

1d

WW1 gun in comfortable position secured by a wedge from below (3,6)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Third rock's troubles irreversible, first of all: very sad about that (8)

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

R (ock's) T (roubles) I (rreversible) [ first of all ] with TEARY ("very sad") about

3d

Composition engaging swots, primarily, for example (5)

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

E (ngaging) S (wots) [ primarily ] + SAY ("for example")

4d

Birds gripped, stuffing is awful (9)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Distant workplace discussed by drunkard? (6)

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

When slurring his words, a drunkard may pronounce OFFICE ("workplace") as OFFISH

6d

Leader briefly annexing capital of large country (5)

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

CHIE (f) ("leader", briefly ) annexing [ capital of ] L (arge)

7d

See 24

8d

Love of 10 pirouetted, often with some leaping (6)

flowerflowerflower
14d

The sad sculpture beneath which I must go? (9)

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

*(the sad) [anag: sculpture ] beneath which ONE ("I")

16d

Turning to blusher initially, ladies preening without foundation? (4,5)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Glower about a cut that's turned up in card game (8)

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

NEON (gas, so "glower") about A + <=LOP ("cut", that's turned up )

18d

Issue certainly not arising when expected (2,4)

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

<=(EMIT ("issue") + NO ("certainly not"), rising )

20d

Wonder when 2, all but its first and second failing (6)

flowerflowerflower
21d

See 18 Across

23d

God, a hand perhaps skyward? (5)

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

<=A SALT ("a hand, perhaps", skyward ), salt being a sailor

24d

Puncture in fizzy drink can sprayed around holiday location (5,6)

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