Guardian Cryptic #29299

2024-02-07

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1a

Birds on seaside spot to start with, eating what they eat (7)

Generating...

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

PREY (what ospreys eat) in first letters of On Seaside Spot

5a

Dealing with cake that's seasonal without filling and topping (7)

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

S[easona]L + ICING (topping of a cake)

10a

Singer keen to make a comeback (4)

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11a

To split up and desert over the onset of marriage is an idealised vision (10)

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

TO in UP + reverse of SINAI (desert) + M[arriage]

12a

Testament featuring male member in bloomers (6)

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

Hdden in teSTAMENt

13a

Followed the example of having dealt poorly with bird (8)

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14a

Regular light infantry starts out with one who doesn't belong (9)

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

Anagram of REGULAR L[ight] I[nfantry]

16a

Entanglements from speed (5)

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17a

Sharp causing laceration in casualty (5)

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

CUT (laceration) in A [and] E

19a

Much arena activity for us (5,4)

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23a

A badge for fooling around? (8)

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

A BADGE is literally BAD in AGE

24a

Appetiser is able to simulate (6)

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26a

One of 16 churches: the first welcomes love, the second follows it (5,5)

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

LOVE in CH + IT + CH. The clove hitch is a kind of KNOT

27a

See 7 Down

28a

Futile to cut back (7)

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29a

Drama writer's safe space (7)

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2d

Dog caught in awful menagerie (7)

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3d

Realism is lost in this field (5)

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

REALISM less IS

4d

We read out a couple of letters (3,3,1)

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6d

Face being sick in bed? (4,2)

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7d
27a

Vessel or two (9,4)

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8d

Whiff of sodium is emerging (7)

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9d

Like Euler, a notable original! (5,8)

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15d

Bringing back earlier TV production (9)

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18d

Wine and tea and endless joy (7)

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20d

Booze trashed what's within school walls (7)

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21d

Covers eyes, we hear, to turn over (7)

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22d

Don't start arguments and beatings (6)

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25d

Finally clean a dirty place that's vile (5)

Generating...

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

[clea]N A STY