Guardian Cryptic #29260

2023-12-22

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8a

Polish bilingual Brendan follows in US city (3,5)

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SAND(to polish/smoothen using sandpaper or a sander) placed before ( … follows ) I,EGO(the first person pronoun used by Brendan self-referentially, in 2 languages/bilingual viz. English and Latin respectively).

9a

Name in hood for stadium (5)

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10a

God is object of American missions (4)

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11a

Diva and demure megastar sharing male (5,5)

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“prim”(demure/modest and shy) + “Madonna”(stage name of the megastar whose full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone) minus an ( sharing ) “m”(abbrev. for “male”).

12a

Place for events in Rome, mainly about America (6)

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“circa”(about in reference to dates/years) minus its last letter ( mainly … ) + US(abbrev. for the United States of America).

14a

Lone answer for New Orleans, more for Rome, for instance? (8)

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Examples of which/for instance are these: [“lone” + “answer”] for “New Orleans”, and “more” for “Rome”.

15a

One bishop of Rome, like all associated with pride (7)

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One of the succession of bishops of Rome, in this case, Pope Leo IX(Roman numeral for “nine”).

17a

Something created by senators, say, covering half of Utah (7)

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STATE(to say/proclaim) containing ( covering ) 1st 2 letters of ( half of ) “ Utah “.

20a

Musical politician in Latin home, mostly rebuilt (8)

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Anagram of ( … rebuilt ) [ LATIN + “ home ” minus its last letter ( …, mostly ) ].

22a

Slangily eliminate Republican in company, a noted speaker (6)

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[ ICE(slang for to “eliminate”/kill) + R(abbrev. for “Republican”) ] contained in ( in ) CO(abbrev. for “company”).

23a

I'll be upset after start of conflict, since America is what produces it (5,5)

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Anagram of ( … upset ) I’LL BE placed after ( after ) [ 1st letter of ( start of ) “ conflict ” + AS(because/since) + US(abbrev. for “United States”/America) ].

24a

Part of Star Wars character with little time for final notice (4)

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OBI(part of the name of the Star Wars character, Obi-Wan Kenobi) plus ( with ) 1st letter of ( little ) “ time “.

25a
26a

Reconstructed Incan material one found in Peru, say (5,8)

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26a

See 25

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1d

Name for hill in Rome in a Latin exam, initially -- under pressure (8)

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[ A LATIN + 1st letter of ( …, initially ) “ exam ” ] placed below ( under , in a down clue) P(symbol for “pressure” in physics).

2d

Fateful day in Senate that is ending early (4)

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“id est”(Latin for “that is”) minus its last letter ( ending early ).

3d

Measures section of totem, possibly (6)

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4d

Destruction of Capitol that's newsworthy (7)

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5d

Leader in Congress introducing a law about cigarette problem in fall (8)

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1st letter of ( Leader in ) “ Congress ” plus ( introducing ) A + ACT(a written law) containing ( about ) TAR(the substance in cigarettes that causes medical problems … and stains teeth and fingers as well).

6d

Like some senators, protest 50% of Arctic being taken over (10)

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DEMO(short for a “demonstration”/a public protest in the form or a meeting or march) + ARCTIC with reversal of ( … being taken over , in a down clue) its 1st 3 letters ( 50% of … ).

7d

Bottle used as weapon by Clint Eastwood (6)

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13d

Crazy outing in Rome or New York, say, in touching relationship (10)

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16d

Closely observe what's cut in middle of Corn Belt (4,4)

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That which is abbreviated to ( what’s cut ) middle 2 letters of ( middle of ) “ Corn Belt “.

18d

Dulles or JFK, for example, spoke for forum, finally, in broken Latin (8)

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Last letters, respectively, of ( …, finally ) “ spoke for forum ” contained in ( in ) anagram of ( broken ) LATIN .

19d

Sam, for example, a Republican? That's iffy (7)

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UNCLE(for example, “Uncle Sam”, the personification of the US Government) + A + R(abbrev. for for a member of the Republican Party).

21d

Helps a number of Romans over troubles also engulfing part of US (6)

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22d

Grieves about middle of Louisiana and perilous times (6)

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CRIES(grieves/mourns) containing ( about ) middle letter of ( middle of ) “ Louisiana “.

24d

Sex in party set up for poet (4)

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VI(Roman numeral for 6/”sex” in Latin) contained in ( in ) reversal of ( … set up , in a down clue) DO(a party/a social function).