Guardian Cryptic #29346

2024-04-02

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Across

1a

Fall of assassin that’s central to Ides (7)

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5a

Casper travels a long way (6)

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9a

Dance nut beginning to dance a dance without an introduction (8)

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

FAN=enthusiast=”nut” + beginning of D-[ance] + [t]-ANGO=”a dance without an introduction”

10a

‘You’re awful! You’re terrible! Stupid mistake!’ (3-3)

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12a

A singing brother by hotel, drowning in expenses in fancy area (7,5)

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

EVERLY=”A singing brother” + H (hotel); both drowning inside BILLS=”expenses” The Everly Brothers were a singing duo [wiki]

15a

Revolutionary diarist with peak wine (6,5)

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17a

Besmirch quisling in retreat (3)

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18a

Barrie heroine stripped off, showing rear (3)

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

[w]-END-[y] stripped of the outer letters J. M. Barrie wrote the story of Peter Pan and Wendy Darling [wiki]

19a

Marie’s singing brother Mel in wild brawls (11)

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20a

Rap sheet torn apart with glee in terse language (12)

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24a

Pick up one teacher (6)

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25a

Later, he’s active close to outskirts of Whitehall (5,3)

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

NIGH TO=”close to” + outer letters of W-[hitehal]-L

26a

Tip reduced by 1/3? Crikey! (6)

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

[bak]-SHEESH reduced by 1/3 (3 out of 9) of its letters baksheesh is a term for money given as a tip [or a gift, or a bribe]

27a

Great position, any way you look at it (3,4)

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

Note: I think the enumeration online was previously (7), but this has been changed to (3,4) a palindrome, reading the same “any way you look at it”

Down

1d

Hit hard and take into custody (4)

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2d

Founder of NSYNC vocalised after Justin finally left (4)

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

definition: founder as a verb e.g. a ship might founder/sink sounds like (“vocalised”): [ n ]SYNC, with the final letter of [Justi]- n removed for the surface, Justin Timberlake was a part of the boyband NSYNC [wiki]

3d

Around start of G7, America seceded? Nonsense, B.S. and more (8,7)

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4d

Animal on which Darwin rode, starting out (5)

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

[B]-EAGLE with the starting letter taken out Charles Darwin travelled on the HMS Beagle [wiki]

6d

Insane psychopath arose where chemist’s seen (11,4)

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7d

Stinking initials B.O. elicit sound of disapproval (10)

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8d

A ‘queen’ may do this with snappy ornamentation (5-5)

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11d

Unclear that king covered in Times (6)

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13d

Yank, engrossed by clue for bloodhound, sits nervously for investigators (10)

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

I=the setter of this puzzle=”Yank”, inside SCENT=”clue for bloodhound”; plus anagram/”nervously” of (sits)*

14d

Freed in error, Pierce is a spewer of venom (3-2-5)

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16d

Prohibition on headgear for fowl (6)

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21d

Theft of cuckoo shite (5)

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22d

Bear’s shown up in circus apparatus (4)

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23d

Stick together with fool (4)

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