Guardian Cryptic #29298

2024-02-06

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1a

Country doing no harm deposing government (5)

Generating...

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

BENI (g) N ("doing no harm", deposing G (government)

4a

I disagree with Lord who ran round motorway twice (4,4)

Generating...

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

(Lord Sebastian) COE ("Lord who ran") round M (motorway) twice

8a

American state banks prepare to fire old leader, getting high-flying duo (6,3,5)

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

A (American) + LAND ("state") banks COCK ("prepare to fire") + (Gordon) BROWN ("old leader") John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British airmen who made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 in a modified WW1 bomber biplane.

10a

Junior medics in residence drinking milk before noon (8)

Generating...

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

HOME ("residence") drinking USE ("milk") before N (noon)

11a

Familiar with outside bar I trashed (4,2)

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12a

Dull brown, oddly cheesy top? You'd be a fool to wear it (6,3)

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15a

Break bags I take once more (5)

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

REST ("break") bags I (one)

17a

Orchestra in auditorium with echo (5)

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18a

Aid when driving in day time in Suffolk town (9)

Generating...

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

D (day) + T (time) in ("Suffolk town") I think the enumeration should be (3,6) rather than (9)

19a

I think we should set off fires (4,2)

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21a

Engineers insulating electronic fuse's surface again (2-6)

Generating...

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

RE (Royal "Engineers") insulating E (electronic as in e-mail) + MERGE ("fuse")

24a

Dressing fairly famous person with fake jewellery, covering one hand and the other (7,7)

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

B-LISTER ("failry famous person") with PASTE ("fake jewellery") covering L (left, so "one hand") and R (right, the "other" hand)

25a

Recruit experienced, inspiring European Chancellor (8)

Generating...

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

HAD ("experienced") inspiring E (European) + (Jeremy) HUNT (the current "Chancellor" of the Exchequer)

26a

Distance displayed by daughter accompanying escorts (5)

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1d

Thwarted swimmer longed to enter northerly place to surf well (7,5)

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

ACHED ("longed") to enter [ northerly ] <=WEB ("place to surf") + HALE ("well")

2d

Tory's flipping spina Liberal's in the dark? (9)

Generating...

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

<=Con. (Conservative, so "Tory", flipping ) + TURN ("spin") + A + L (Liberal)

3d

Suitable place for Otto I in north-east (5)

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4d

Mixed drinks and case of champagne drunk by phoney (9)

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

ALES ("drinks") + [ case of ] C (hampagn) E drunk by CAD ("phoney")

5d

Forced this person to take notice (4)

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6d

One's driven into a bottleneck in county town, with crowd hemming in Sierra (9)

Generating...

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

CORK ("county town") with CREW ("crowd") hemming in S (sierra, in the NATO phonetic alphabet)

7d

Doctor upset water drops in cut (5)

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

MO (medical officer, so "doctor") + [ upset ] <=DEW ("water drops")

9d

Protecting nothing, Thatcher set out to be ruinous (4,3,5)

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

*(thatcher set) [anag: out ] to protect O (nothing)

13d

Seeing red pants with extra zip (9)

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14d

Manager gets trophy after a season using this (6,3)

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16d

Very soppy, like a family film after son cheers up (9)

Generating...

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

U-RATED ("like a family film", U being short for universal) after S (son) + <=TA ("cheers", up )

20d

Pound in change picked up for Mark in A Coruña (5)

Generating...

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

L (pound, as in LSD) in <=EDIT ("change", picked up )

22d

What Persian said without purpose the wrong way (5)

Generating...

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

<=(W/O (without) + AIM ("purpose"), the wrong way ) The Persian in question is a cat.

23d

The Dandy or its rival's not half posh (4)

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