Guardian Cryptic #29349

2024-04-05

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Across

1a

Send in a column, keeping this for the record? (4,4)

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5a

Moved suddenlysmall accident (6)

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9a

Ceremonial procedure by enthusiast, nothing held back (8)

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10a

Take off before temperature plunges (6)

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12a

Without source’s origin, do hack job on duchy instead of historian (11)

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15a

Fibre obtained from mistletoe (5)

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17a

One American rubbishes ignorant English (9)

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18a

Chap has one potato he is about to lose? (9)

Generating...

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

HE’S (chap has) + 1 TATER, referring to the proverb “he who hesitates is lost”

19a

Barbarian cut grass back, round and round (5)

Generating...

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

Reverse of HAY (dried cut grass) + O O

20a

Devotional work, one we possess, read aloud (4,2,5)

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24a

Crow adopted by some youths (6)

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25a

Predict judge is to recall celebrity would-be Slough bomber (8)

Generating...

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

BET (predict) + J[udge] + reverse of NAME (celebrity) – a reference to Sir John Betjeman’s lines “Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!/It isn’t fit for humans now”

26a

An inflatable horse, dirty-looking all round (6)

Generating...

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

H[orse] in DINGY

27a

Rally postmen, everyone having lost heart (8)

Generating...

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

JAMB (post) + OR (other ranks, men) + E[veryon]E

Down

1d

When play opens see trees close together across edge of curtain (5,5)

Generating...

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

FIRS + [curtai]N in TIGHT (close together)

2d

Decisive check that may produce basic result? (6,4)

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3d

“Charlie,” to his younger brother, is cocaine (5)

Generating...

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

C for Charlie + ANDY (version of Andrew, as in King Charles’s younger brother). Cocaine is sometimes called “nose candy”, or just plain candy

4d

Sort of dish rebellious group, becoming fossils (12)

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6d

Sharp emotion as glutton tours old French city (9)

Generating...

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

O[ld] in PIG + NANCY

7d

Some expressing a sigh of relief (1,3)

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8d

Tough character to pull up stallion at the start (4)

Generating...

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

Reverse of TUG + S[tallion]

11d

Gay piece has garbage prose needing a rewrite (7,5)

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13d

Saying hello to adder in August perhaps (4,6)

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14d

Impossibility: tin thrown up seen flying down to earth (2-8)

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16d

Found herbalists’ missing recipe, fancy! (9)

Generating...

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

Anagram of HERBALISTS less R[ecipe]

21d

Cover-up involves some consecutive letters, then some more (5)

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22d

Country cousin initially tricked (4)

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23d

Shout of encouragement for thug (4)

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