Guardian Cryptic #29336

2024-03-21

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Across

1a

Trader, righteous liberal (7)

flowerflowerflower
5a

Leave, in order to get drink (7)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Unknown number in a wood, together (5)

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N in A LOG

10a

Element in the language of comics? (9)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Reject imbued with spirit, certainly foreign secretary only popular abroad? (3,2,5)

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GIN (spirit) + JA (German or “foreign” yes, certainly) + PA (secretary) in BIN (to reject)

12a

Capital o’ vakia or venia? (4)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Create brews and make money in genteel tradition (3,8)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Old pet’s ears given a spraying to get ticks off (11)

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EX (old) + (PETS EARS A)*

21a

Not-half enormous wobbles, it’s very 11 across (4)

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Anagram of [enor]MOUS

22a

Speeding bullet finds leg bone, Anne’s knee initially shattered (10)

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SHIN + anagram of ANNE’S K[nee] – it’s the Japanese “Bullet Train”

25a

Shooters spilled noodle bowl, and out ___ ? (9)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Drawn features, some Trojan, I’m exhausted! (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Tinny isn’t kicked about with can (7)

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(ISNT CAN) – “tinny” as in “related to tin”

28a

Drink wine in which tannin originally flagged (7)

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ALE (a drink) + T[annin] in RED (wine)

Down

1d

Cross first of roads passed round by driver (6)

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R[oads] in CABBY

2d

Mention hospital with nothing in till (6)

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O in PLUG (to mention a book, film etc with a view to selling it) + H[ospital]

3d

Selection of player, hearts for example trumps (5,5)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Something for the ballrooms’ neither red nor green by the sound of it? (5)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Money available I agree, time for booty(9)

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FUND + AMEN (I agree) + T; “booty” as in someone’s bottom

6d

that in raise (4)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Dislike a transcript (8)

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A VERSION, with “dislike” as a noun

8d

Say ‘aye’ too, I agree, seeing this? (3,2,3)

flowerflowerflower
13d

Cool river beyond which a castle built (2-8)

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DEE (river) + (A CASTLE)*

15d

Druze say with Aramaic: case of both needing translation (9)

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Anagram of ARAMAIC + B[ot]H

16d

Bottom smacks warming couple at night? (3,5)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Musical for crying out loud! (5,3)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Godzilla’s sister bites back (6)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Mean gamers out of bounds? (6)

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NINTENDO (Japanese makers of game consoles) less its outer letters

23d

Covert operator in unit measuring energy aboard old Spanish ship (5)

flowerflowerflower
24d

Relation in Ulysses somewhat lacking? (4)

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A truncated [Ulysses S] GRANT, US president 1869 –1877