Guardian Cryptic #29448

2024-07-30

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7a

German golfer breaks clubs with mistakes (8)

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

(Bernhard) LANGER (“German golfer”) breaks Cs (clubs)

9a

Draw and shuffle 10 diamonds (6)

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

*(ten) [anag: shuffle ] + ICE (“diamonds”)

10a

Dance show (4)

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11a

Station filling with trains initially working (10)

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12a

European 9 stealing £1,000 motor (6)

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

E (European) + NINE (9) stealing G (grand, so “£1,000”)

14a

Shaking hands, I will make a pile (8)

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

*(hands) [anag: shaking ] + I’LL (I will)

15a

Wears small garments over and over, right (6)

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

<=(S (small) + TOPS (“garments”) over ) over R (right)

17a

It’s laid-back to have worked inside farm (6)

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

<=EGG (“it’s laid”, back ) to have RAN (“worked”) inside

20a

Unfortunately, Amy lands a seducer of women (5,3)

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22a

Mr Scrooge welcomes ghost at the end (6)

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

MISER (“Scrooge”) welcomes (ghos) T [ at the end ]

23a

Relative first takes day in Paris, no good staying (10)

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

SON (“relative”) + I (first, as in Charles I) takes JOUR (“day” in French, so “day in Paris”) + NG (no good)

24a

Labour MP is a fighter (4)

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25a

‘100 + 1 + 100 + 0? Not unknown’Roman senator (6)

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26a

English government invades space station, worried to move abroad (8)

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

E (English) + G (government) invades MIR (Russian “space station”) + ATE (“worried”)

Down

1d

Knowing ships throw away river fishing gear (3,5)

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

FLY (“knowing”) + LINE (r) S (“ships”, throwing away R (river))

2d

Just single (4)

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3d

Footballer carries ball quietly in race (6)

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

PELE (Brazilian “footballer”) carries O (ball) + P (piano in music, so “quietly”)

4d

Perhaps McCartney is gender fluid? (8)

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5d

Doctors tend gash as theatre workers (5,5)

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6d

Tutor taps into very old Latin (6)

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

C + H (cold and hot “taps”) into SO (“very”) + O (old) + L (Latin)

8d

Brute posed touring hell (6)

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13d

Corrupt Tory breaks first promise with queen’s retreat (5,5)

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

*(tory) [anag: corrupt ] breaks I (first, as in Charles 1) + VOW (“promise”) with ER (Elizabeth Regina, so “queen”)

16d

When there’s jam, pull over second expensive car by wheel (8)

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

TOW (“pull”) over MO (“second”) + RR (Rolls Royce, so “expensive car”) by O (wheel)

18d

Ring for a long time (8)

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19d

Ask and prompt Victor to substitute Charlie (6)

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21d

Agents taking test recalled type of power (6)

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

[ recalled ] <=(CIA (Central Intelligence Agency, so “agents”) taking MOT (Ministry of Transport vehicle roadworthiness “test”) )

22d

One who steals mother’s good food (6)

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24d

Obama withdrawing bill in clamour (4)

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

BAR (ac) K (Obama) withdrawing a/c (account, so “bill”)