Guardian Cryptic #29256

2023-12-18

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Across

1a

Something in the garden for pet owl to chew (9)

flowerflowerflower
6a

Extremely plaintive, desperate appeal for money abroad (5)

Generating...

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

P[laintiv]E + SOS

9a

Time for everyone to pass on their knowledge (5)

flowerflowerflower
10a

New to drink, run empire badly (2,7)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Notice love is a great bother (3)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Having nothing to face? (5-6)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Died after aerial battle: going to heaven? (7)

Generating...

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

SKY WAR (aerial battle) + D[ied]

15a

Two shortly become confused in silly talk (7)

flowerflowerflower
16a

Hotel room may have this ban on short skirt (7)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Showing arrogance, paid sportsman perhaps duly sacked (7)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Adds something against eulogies (11)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Tiny vegetable, and not a whole fruit (3)

flowerflowerflower
24a

Newly initiated into food authority (9)

flowerflowerflower
26a

A hard growth seen on oak (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

PM meeting an indigenous American (5)

flowerflowerflower
28a

It may be close to the church, or a serious distance (9)

flowerflowerflower

Down

1d

Undeserving rich and their pampered pets? (3,4)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Eloquent preacher's year in church (7)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Nymph has bedroom that creates sound effects (4,7)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Could this suggest daughter only nine? Imagine! (7)

Generating...

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

A daughter of nine could be a PRE-TEN D

5d

Best, perhaps, granny's hairpiece (7)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Foreign character turns up in Paris park (3)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Put off seeing how library books are displayed? (7)

flowerflowerflower
8d

Unusual way to the mountains (7)

flowerflowerflower
13d

S for Sovereign (4,2,5)

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16d

Scotsman, the first person that's regularly driven over (7)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Arsenal supporter heading off into New York women's house (7)

flowerflowerflower
18d

Something done on the brass perhaps, causing some friction (7)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Perhaps dog at college a bloomer (7)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Certificate Foreign Office employee doesn't complete (7)

flowerflowerflower
21d

Told a tale about drug being craved (7)

flowerflowerflower
25d

Man a terrible tsar? Not very (3)

Generating...

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

IVAN less V