Guardian Cryptic #29357

2024-04-15

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1a

Delivered book draft on time (7)

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5a
24d

It could kill you to let go when on limb! (7)

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9a

A fashionable area mightjust (7)

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10a

Mock light with ring attached (7)

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11a

One’s exercise with ball shows restraint (9)

Generating...

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

A charade of I’M (‘one’s’ – that is, “one is”) plus PE (physical ‘exercise’) plus DANCE (‘ball’).

12a

Pass on after last of bone extracted from joint (5)

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13a

Rather large vehicle award (5)

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15a

People may wrongly believe this Burnham ground hosts Sunday cricket finals (5,4)

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17a

English impertinence: every individual pinches Frenchman’s bottom! (9)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘pinches’) of N (‘Frenchma N ‘s bottom’) in SASS (‘impertinence’) plus EACH (‘every individual’).

19a

Sequence of Trump’s initial downfall (5)

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22a

See 3 Down

23a

It’s a big thing, Latinhave to get translated (9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘to get translated’) of ‘Latin have’.

25a

Month before an attempt to acquire new figure (7)

Generating...

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

A charade of OCT (‘month’; a crosser is needed to get the right one) plus A GO (‘an attempt’) plus N (‘new’).

26a

Enjoying continuing success playing a character on the radio (2,1,4)

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27a

Holding note with Sinatra? (7)

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28a

Minor habit condensed from personality (7)

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Down

1d

Disney character: on reflection, hardly adult (7)

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2d

Male-centred sporting policy associated with certain games (7)

Generating...

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

An envelope (-‘centred’) of M (‘male’) in OLYPIC, an anagram (‘sporting’) of ‘policy’.

3d
22a

Haughty, awful pain, old Joanna (5,5)

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4d

Thanks on capturing weirdly natural, scary creature (9)

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5d

Member goes after sham, failed presidential candidateno need to panic (5,5)

Generating...
6d

Artist’s Sleep Activity/Mark Twain’s Head (9)

Generating...

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

A charade of REM (rapid eye movement, ‘sleep activity’) plus BRAND (‘mark’) plus T (‘ T wain’s head’).

7d

Ladies, say, in a rush, not in a friendly way (7)

Generating...

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

A charade of A LOO (‘ladies, say’) plus FLY (‘in a rush’).

8d

Gold pieces first stuck onhow cute!candelabrum (7)

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14d

Study sound with eg mouth instrument (4,5)

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16d

Above Uriah’s deviance: not a way to conduct oneself (9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘deviance’) of ‘above uri[a]h’ minus the A (‘not a’).

17d

Second drink, Bordeaux? (7)

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18d

Austere box belt (7)

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20d

The endless invasion of a solitary Irish location (7)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘invasion’) of TH (‘ TH e endless’) in A LONE (‘a solitary’).

21d

Puzzle involving puns, only shortened (7)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘involving’) of ‘puns onl[y]’ minus the last letter (‘shortened’).

23d

As a beanpole is set to absorb two fertiliser elements (5)

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24d

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