Guardian Cryptic #29413

2024-06-19

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1a

Expert Latin speaker leading Northern Italy tour guides (8)

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5a

Small boat in rough (6)

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9a

Reviewed amount raised to secure medicine (6,2)

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10a

European city to repay, backing shifting a European position? (6)

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

AVENG E ="repay" reversed/"backing", shifting the position of one letter E (European)

12a

Tom sadly has ugly guffaws (5,6)

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

a "Tom" is a type of BELL; plus anagram/"sadly" of (has ugly)*

15a

Detest sort of violent crime linked to soldiers (5)

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17a

Most devious twist I found in exam (9)

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

RICK=verb meaning "twist" or 'strain' + I (from surface); both inside TEST="exam"

18a

A neurotic drunkon this? (9)

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19a

Sportsperson’s captain never showing pressure (5)

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20a

Old parrot cradling wing? One seeks assessment (7,4)

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24a

Modern area in old yard not giving you a turn? (3-3)

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

NEW="Modern" and A (area); both inside O (old) and Y (yard)

25a

Indicates surprised comments about backing tracks (8)

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

GEES=more than one 'Gee!'="surprised comments"; around RUTS="tracks" reversed/"backing"

26a

Lookbig Parisienne runs to the back (6)

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

G R ANDE="big" in French ('Parisienne' / as spoken in Paris); with R (runs, cricket abbreviation) moving to the back

27a

I criticised keeping oxygen separated (8)

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Down

1d

When aboard taxi, half of English county’s a more exotic place (10)

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

AS="When" inside CAB="taxi" + LANCA-[shire]="half of English county"

2d

Hide cooked meals inside item of furniture (6,4)

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3d

Thin and hungry, disposing of starter (5)

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

definition as in a thin or reedy voice [g]-REEDY="hungry", without its starting letter

4d

Weakening nerves in the sauna, half-bare possibly (12)

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

anagram/"possibly" of (in the sauna re )*, with re as half of ba- re

6d

Reminders to look up benefits (9)

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7d
23d

Seabird circling rocks at sea, finding tropical plant (4,4)

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8d
22d

Localised pain and ache from this rash? (8)

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11d

Russia begins transforming farming? (12)

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13d

One values the skilful male version of erotic art (10)

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

M (male) plus anagram/"version" of (erotic art)*

14d

Unable to deliver sonnet, guttedlong to pen one line, on reflection (10)

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

definition: unable to deliver offspring S-[onne]-T, gutted of its inner letters, plus reversal/"reflection" of: DESIRE="long" around (to pen) I="one" and L (line)

16d

Reason Scottish island line brought in charge? (9)

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

IONA="Scottish island" + L (line); both inside RATE="charge"

21d

Former colony, Australian, cheers being claimed by the Netherlands (5)

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

definition: the Colony of Natal [wiki] was part of the British Empire A (Australian) + TA=thank you="cheers"; both inside (claimed by) NL (abbreviation for the Netherlands)

22d

See 8

23d

See 7