Guardian Cryptic #29405

2024-06-10

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Across

1a

Vin rosé in the Bible? (7,7)

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9a

Oscar-winning movie fans kidnap a group of sailors (9)

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

ARGO (2012 film that won three Oscars) + A in NUTS (fans)

10a

Rainstorm floods top of dance floor (5)

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

D[ance] in RAIN*

11a

Militia raid captures crown (5)

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12a

Hulk’s smuggling crude oil for rough gang (9)

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

OIL* in HOGAN’S (Hulk Hogan, wrestler)

13a

In dire need, sex is called for (8)

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14a

Legal protection, plain as day (6)

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17a

Cat that’s spotted in the midst of grocery parcel (6)

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19a

Ill-treated ailments in uncaring workplace (4,4)

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22a

Can’t sleep in bunk at a sometimes raucous affair (4,5)

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

LIES (nonsense, bunk) + A WAKE (some of which can be raucous – stereotypically in Ireland)

24a

A stride without delay (5)

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25a

Audio puzzleor what it may consist of (5)

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26a

Reconciliation for Democrat, one mentally not all there (9)

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27a

Argues in bad taste with boy, then strangely ceases (6,4,4)

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1d

Speak disparagingly of Danish outfit’s almost burning dish (5,3,2,4)

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2d

State ‘Former president’s a bum!’ (7)

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3d

Romanians deployed to enclave (3,6)

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4d

Issue when beating up the guard (8)

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5d

Railway station in Texas city announced by Cockney (6)

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6d

Mountain covered by pianist from the East (5)

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7d

Sr., probably? (4,3)

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

SR are the odd letters of SaRe – rather an unsatisfactory clue, I think: for one thing “odd sare” doesn’t mean “the odd letters of sare”

8d

Greek pentathletes injured, but perform bravely (5,3,6)

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15d

Toothless bunch jury-rigged snare, snagging boob (9)

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16d

Head wound where oceans meet (4,4)

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18d

Gray’s one with criminal ties around portion of Turkey (7)

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

LEG (part of a Christmas turkey) in TIES. Thomas Gray is famous for his “Elegy in a Country Churchyard”

20d

Beer, I agree, is hoisted at beach (7)

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21d

Bowman’s Spanish abode on the outskirts of Las Palmas (6)

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

CASA (Spanish for house) + L[as Palma]S – Pablo Casals, famous cellist or “bow-man”

23d

Active ingredient at the heart of printer’s ink colour (5)

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

The middle of mAGENTa, printer’s ink colour