Guardian Cryptic #29457

2024-08-09

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Across

1a

Fashion short garmentit’s retro but it inspires apathy (7)

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

reversal (“retro”) of MODE=”Fashion” + ROB-[e]=”short garment”

5a

Champion providing support when overwhelmed by alcohol (7)

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9a

Clears this country earl to get decoration from Japan (7)

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10a

Weather unsettled in part due to these constant movements (3,4)

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11a

We had this outI want an end to it (5,4)

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

anagram/”out” of (We had this)*

12a

They kept tabs on everybody in almost moribund condition (5)

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

definition: secret police agency in East Germany STASI-[s]=”almost moribund condition”

13a

Media make claim of being ignored (5)

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15a

Enrage VIP carved up by news network? (9)

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

anagram/”carved up” of (Enrage VIP)*

17a

Leftie gets reprimand, being where celebs parade (3,6)

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19a

Type of charger essential to future large robots (5)

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

definition referring to a turbocharger in an internal combustion engine central (“essential”) letters taken from [fu]-TU-[re] [la]-R-[ge] [ro]-BO-[ts]

22a

Sachet occasionally filled with gold relish (5)

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

occasional letters from S-[a]-C-[h]-E-[t], filled with AU (symbol for “gold”)

23a

Pressurise group to make sportswear (5,4)

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25a

Cultivated place for money holder generation (7)

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26a

Device storing large amount of dataand a game! (7)

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

TOOL=”Device”, around (“storing”) MB=megabyte=”large amount of data”, plus A (“and a “)

27a

Work university advanced is magnificent (7)

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28a

Beware occupants of packed vehicle carrying drug (7)

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

definition: ‘careful’ used as an imperative, meaning ‘take care’ CARFUL=”occupants of packed vehicle”, around E (ecstasy, “drug”)

Down

1d

Researched leading basis for agent that stores energy (5,2)

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

UP=”leading” (e.g. ‘up/leading by two points’), placed under (as the ‘basis’ of): [James] BOND=secret “agent” around (“stores”) E (energy)

2d

Go back over note on evidence (7)

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3d

Money finally paid to you following crash (5)

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4d

Gathering where nutmeg pie is shared out (7,2)

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

anagram/”shared out” of (nutmeg pie)*

5d

A longing for what’s being dropped by EastEnders (5)

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

definition: people living in the East End of London might ‘drop their aitches’, not pronouncing the ‘h’ at a beginning of a word A (from surface) + ITCH=”longing”

6d

Finished exhausted having broken the budget (9)

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7d

Am I nuts travelling around in large roller? (7)

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

definition: a “roller” is a type of sea wave anagram (“travelling around”) of (Am I nuts)*

8d

Happen to keep it in private closet (2,5)

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14d

Spooner said condition of man is at an impasse (9)

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

Spoonerism of ‘male state’=”condition of man”

16d

Faithful groom hit Canute (9)

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17d

Knight turns up with extravagant oval dish (7)

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18d

Starts to use up and finish off coleslaw? (6,1)

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

the starts of U -[se] U -[p] are a double U , and [colesla]-W finishes in a W=’double-u’

20d

Call out cancelled after study (4,3)

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21d

It’s curious how uneven book has everything (7)

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23d

Page ambassador to join group (5)

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24d

Send up instructions to make part of explosive (5)

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