Guardian Cryptic #29461

2024-08-14

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Across

1a

Releasing gas including hydrogen (an amount you barely notice) (8)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘including’) of H (‘hydrogen’, chemical symbol) in FARTING (‘releasing gas’).

5a

Almost devoured some bananas nearby (2,4)

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9a

Diagram of dessert with mostly poorly mixed filling (5,4)

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11a

What remains of a public speaking platform (5)

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12a

Cryptic clue: ‘Moocher’s artistic feature’ (6,6)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘cryptic’) of ‘clue moocher moochers ‘.

15a

A piece, when put together, found in tea chest (4)

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16a

Currentenergy + time, figuratively and in symbols (10)

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18a

Veg and fruit nutcase takes in the wrong way (5,5)

Generating...

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

`An envelope (‘takes’) of NI (‘in the wrong way’) in PEAR (‘fruit’) plus LOON (‘nutcase’).

19a

Saint engaged in bowel movement (4)

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21a

Break up fog with a green concoction (5-3,4)

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24a

Titled person’s bad mood after losing head (5)

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25a

On camera, I whipped up a drink (9)

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26a

By and large, Oscars host Ellen comes back calm and restful (6)

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27a

Bawdy record, what a jazz musician may produce (4,4)

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1d

Instrument composed of elements 9, 53 and 26 (4)

Generating...

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

The atomic numbers of ‘elements’ F (fluorine, ‘9’) , I (iodine, ’53’) and FE (iron, ’26’).)

2d

Bird seen in a corner? (4)

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3d

Dessert, for the most part, is tart (6)

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4d

In no man’s land, Lee shot world leader (6,7)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘shot’) of ‘no mans land Lee’

6d

TT’s precedent-setter? (8)

Generating...

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

TT is indeed T es T case, but I am surprised at the enumeration (8) rather than (4,4).

7d

A smart-alecky fish? That ain’t right (5,5)

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8d

Electronic news media captivated by Céline’s economic woes (10)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘captivated by’) of E (‘Electronic’) plus PRESS (‘news media’) in DION (‘Celine’, singer).

10d

Calmness (or irritability, à la Superman?) (6,2,5)

Generating...

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

Definitioon and literal interpretation.

13d

Rotten bunch’s drunken exploits on board ship (3,7)

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14d

ER’s namesake’s one sadly unrecognisable after bugs removed (5,5)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘sadly’) of ‘[u]nreco[g]ni[s]a[b]e’ minus ‘bugs’, for the decommissioned Queen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth 2.

17d

Force on trial wrongfully, but this straightens things out (8)

Generating...

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

A charade of F (‘force’) plus LATIRON, an anagram (‘wrongfully’) of ‘on trial’.

20d

It’s rough to turn up with a blind trio (6)

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22d

Yoga instructor bends over backwards to accommodate Shakespearean (4)

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23d

Form of oxygen, oxygen absent in space (4)

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