Guardian Cryptic #29435

2024-07-15

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Across

1a

Wild horse in EastEnders has to die (7)

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5a

Leaf insect’s colourful display (7)

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9a

Chosen pen, so fork out (6,3)

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10a

Fireplace at home, no end of delight (5)

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11a

Dead on time? Hardly (4)

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12a

Team almost broke into a holiday home (5,5)

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

STON[y] (broke] in A VILLA

14a

Football is our world, more or less (6)

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15a

Make home in a motor yacht: pardon? (7)

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

NEST in A M.Y.

16a

Very high temperatures in an area of sea (7)

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18a

Old aristocrat holding new key (6)

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20a

Try to stop how old we are going on record (10)

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21a

Affected by drugs in school? (4)

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24a

At it, as a minimum (5)

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

“As a minimum” is “at LEAST”

25a

How many people complete an entire jumbo? (9)

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26a

Hope a lot are happy on one’s birthday (7)

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

On your birthday you may hope to hear “many happy RETURNS”

27a

Naive, like the National Gallery after a heist? (7)

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Down

1d

A dainty bit to eatrun out for wine (5)

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

MORSEL less R[un]

2d

Use heroin to grow very fast (5,2)

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3d

Thunderstruck, one day (4)

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4d

Accelerate and foolishly persist in sporty effect (2-6,7)

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5d

No paragon, a stern criminal who may face expulsion (7,3,5)

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6d

Feels sad about national party’s complaints (10)

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7d

Our group follows Nurse Bell (7)

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8d

Others hold music to be healing (7)

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13d

Cheer pilot, manoeuvring this? (10)

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16d

Crab scraping on the roof? (7)

Generating...

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

Definition + a hint referring to “Fiddler on the Roof”

17d

Get laptop going again to show holiday pictures (7)

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19d

Summary of long film, almost a long book (7)

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22d

Shade tormented here? (5)

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23d

Elevated temperature and pressure (4)

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