Guardian Cryptic #29287

2024-01-24

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1a

Australia tried enthusiastically removing England's openersharsh! (7)

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

AUS (Australia) + initial letters (openers) of Tried Enthusiastically Removing England

5a

Prison warden blowing his topnothing new in section of wing (7)

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

[j]AILER (prison warden, minus initial letter – blowing top) + O (nothing) N (new)

9a

Husband's trapped in bar, cut off (5)

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10a

Tiger seen wanderingbut certainly not here (9)

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12a

Infection for the oculist? Yes! (4)

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14a

Men retire and set out for Roman road (6,6)

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18a

Mission one: punctual BBC debate (8,4)

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21a

A river? Certainly not! But it is! (4)

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22a

Not that tiny now (4,6)

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25a

Popular officer, mainly (2,7)

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26a

Lowdown on the team's spirits (5)

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27a

It affects sheep, as price is variable (7)

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28a

Parts of a fugueone finally started by Stravinsky and completed by Tippett (7)

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Down

1d

Area of France that's almost too brill! (6)

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3d

German prince regularly rattled the voters (10)

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

ELECTOR (German prince) + alternate letters of rAtTlEd

5d

Grammatical parity? Yes, of course! (9)

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6d

Alternate alternately, before Easter (4)

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

Alternate letters of aLtErNaTe

7d

Right note, wrong information for physicist (8)

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8d

Foremost crossword compiler, almost sweet (8)

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

NO I (number one – foremost) + SETTE[r] (crossword compiler, almost)

13d

T. Greig's men ordered spice (4,6)

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15d

Press hack in loco? (4,5)

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16d

Pale blue Toyota model scratching parking sign (8)

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17d

Adolescent showing support with flipping king's daughter (8)

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19d

A small-holder in the fruit trade (6)

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20d

Sign, for example, mounted on car (6)

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23d

Fish shoulders, oddly! (5)

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

Odd letters of ShOuLdErS

24d

Cut up skittles (4)

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