Guardian Cryptic #29328

2024-03-12

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Across

1a

Removes protection for privates and retrieves mission data (8)

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5a

Extremely haughty getting put into elite category (6)

Generating...

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

[ extremely ] H (aught) Y getting put into PLUM ("elite")

9a

Caught dealer supplying 1/6th of friends in New York? (8)

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10a

Type of light half of street order (6)

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12a

Live and thrive, having lost nothing (5)

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13a

Ask the mad criminal for final impression (5,4)

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14a

Brilliant old American lineage (12)

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18a

Alternative theatres rely on getting specialist treatment here? (6,6)

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21a

Concrete is securing linkthese are the facts (9)

Generating...

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

REAL ("concrete") + IS securing TIE ("link")

23a

Delay yearly exercise ... (5)

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24a

... still producing interference (6)

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25a

Almost overwhelm gang? That's shocking (8)

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26a

Mature reason that stops one revealing programme (6)

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27a

Follower provides commercial gas lease (8)

Generating...

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

AD ("commercial") + He (helium, so "gas") + RENT ("lease")

Down

1d

Unravel mystery of sea creature existing in freshwater river? (6)

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2d

Arrogant supporter on way to enlightenment (6)

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3d

Apathy turning to defiance if son replaces daughter (9)

Generating...

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

INDOLENCE ("apathy") with the D (daughter) replaced by S (son) becomes INSOLENCE ("defiance")

4d

Spurned, I fail badly; did I mean to say that? (8,4)

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6d

Couple pull up with difficulty? (5)

Generating...

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

Triple definition

7d

Circuit put on copierit keeps the end clean (3,5)

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8d

Encounters rebel king's army chiefs insidethey're watchful creatures (8)

Generating...

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

MEETS ("encounters") with R (ebel) K (ing's) A (rmy) [ chiefs , i.e.heads, so first letters] inside

11d

Adds all of raw mixture to make a healthy dish (7,5)

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15d

Strips back process, putting it into standby (5,4)

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16d

Cleaner is master, generating great presence (8)

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17d

Dull recording broadcast by one of our cousins (5,3)

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19d

Prone to prosecute, hiding fix (6)

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20d

Elevation moving top to bottom, 12.5% (6)

Generating...

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

HEIGHT ("elevation") moving its top (H) to bottom would become EIGHT-H ("12.5%")

22d

Virgil, I admit, contains work from another poet (5)

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