Guardian Cryptic #29313

2024-02-23

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Across

9a

IT professional? (3,6)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Fish that's been smoked (5)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Worried Rishi's first PM with Department for Sleaze? At last! (7)

Generating...

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

First letter of Rishi + ATTLEE with E (last letter of sleazE) replaced by D[epartment]

12a

Snake's horribleRuby recoils (7)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Churchmen finally used Circle Line (5)

Generating...

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

Church/men = CH/OR (other ranks), plus [use]D. A chord is a line between two points on a circle

14a

Amazed darn American rejected business (9)

Generating...

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

Reverse of SEW (darn) A[merican] + TRUCK (business – as in “I’ll have no truck with that”)

16a

Deflect praise working on this quality (4-11)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Lawyer's one question to flower girldrinks? (9)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Skinhead's determination to drink copiously (5)

Generating...

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

S[kin] + WILL

22a

Unlikely a rich crossword setter's included - that's fantasy (7)

Generating...

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

ME (crossword setter) in (A RICH)*

23a

Against opening course originally? Only a bit (7)

Generating...
24a

Stay over with dirty lecturer (5)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Intrepid Duke lacking army, you claimed? (9)

Generating...

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

D[uke] + U (you) in ANTLESS (lacking an army of ants)

Down

1d

Sailor found outside is ignored (10)

Generating...

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

OS (Ordinary Seaman) + IS in TRACED

2d

Outgoing types required to co-operate with this (4,4)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Out in frontwent first (6)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Children cycling make dangerous movement on road (4)

Generating...

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

KIDS with the letters cycled on place to the right

5d

Players and politician known for 18, not 16? Reset possibly (10)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Saving money, make a meal (5,3)

Generating...

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

M[oney] in CREATE A

7d

Get a turn in carriage (6)

Generating...

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

LAND (get) + A + U (turn)

8d

He hammered Spike not going the distance (4)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Manspreads when travelling (and more than once) (10)

flowerflowerflower
15d

Charity of sorts protecting jobs (10)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Damnably difficult at firstlandlady gutted by what might be said in court (8)

Generating...

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

DEUCE (as might be said on a tennis court) + D[ifficult] + L[andlad]Y

18d

I see unfinished one's been acceptedthey're very silly (8)

Generating...

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

I + I in DIOCES[e] (See)

20d

One is waiting with Madame in the same place (6)

Generating...

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

I BIDE (one is waiting) + M

21d

Dirty dog's into special ladyno boy! (6)

Generating...

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

MUTT in S + LADY less LAD

22d

Talking plant? Give over! (4)

flowerflowerflower
23d

Close call with nothing to lose (4)

Generating...

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

SHOUT less O