Guardian Cryptic #29468

2024-08-22

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9a

Line sauna roughly and make like winter? (9)

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

An anagram (‘roughly’) of ‘line sauna’, with a rather odd definition: to annualise is to express e.g. an interest rate as it would be for a whole year; I suppose the idea here is that if you ‘make like winter’, you are encompassing a calendar year.

10a

Dress up puritanical Priest (5)

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

A charade of PRIM (‘puritanical’) plus P (‘Priest’).

11a

Relevant article in support of stance being curtailed (7)

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12a

More than one player is captivated by redesigned boots (7)

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

An envelope (‘captivated by’) of ‘is’ in OBOTS, an anagram (‘redesigned’) of ‘boots’.

13a

Sporting challenge has advertised keen attitude at first (4)

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

First letters (‘at first’) of ‘ H as A dvertised K een A ttitude’, with perhaps an extended definition. By Pangakupu and one for our other New Zealand followers.

14a

Outcast ditching husbandpossibly means to block that, failing to recall meaningful things (10)

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16a

Worry boarding attitude will do for ship’s capacity (7)

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17a

Firm line taken aboard competition boat (7)

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19a

Kid sailor with answer about parrot (10)

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22a

Old Emperor and old King leaving cave (4)

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24a

A lot of fog and wet weather leading to cattle disease (7)

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25a

A small detective seen in pub, confused (2,1,4)

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

An envelope (‘seen in’) of ‘a’ plus S (‘small’) plus PI (Private Investigator, ‘detective’) in INN (‘pub’).

26a

Surplus, no longer a soldier? Tense inside (5)

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

An envelope (‘inside’) of T (‘tense’) in EX (‘no longer’) RA (‘a soldier’, after a person’s name, indicating a member of the Royal Artillary); or EX-RA can be treated as a unit (‘no longer a soldier’).

27a

What’s dear in France? Alien cooking (top Chinese) (4,2-3)

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Down

1d

Standard to have a piece of clothing under sloping channelone aspires to a soft landing (9,6)

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

A charade of PAR (‘standard’) plus ‘a’ plus CHUTE (‘sloping` channel’) plus JUMPER (‘piece of clothing’).

2d

Nun moved to go around without money, without respite (8)

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3d

Greek character, one in Kipling swallowing up pages (5)

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4d

Tells everyone about speed where planes fly (8)

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5d

School body retaining chess expert for game (6)

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6d

Posh joke over attempt to secure senior officer further inland (2-7)

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

An envelope (‘to secure’) CO (Commanding Officer, ‘senior officer’) in U (‘posh’) plus PUN (‘joke’) plus (‘over’ – redundant, but it marks the position of the following in a down light) TRY (‘attempt’).

7d

King and unmarried girlshere’s some amorous activity (6)

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

A charade of K (‘king’ e.g. chess notation) plus [m]ISSES (‘girls’) minus the M (‘unmarried’).

8d

Posit Asia agenda presented in novel form here? (1,7,2,5)

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

An anagram (‘presented in novel form’) of ‘posit Asia agenda’, with an extended definition (if ‘here’ is included in the anagrind, an &lit), for the novel by E M Forster.

15d

Articles about bloke turning up in excellent headgear (6,3)

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

A double envelope (‘about’ and ‘in’) of NAM, a reversal (‘turning up’ in a down light) of MAN (‘bloke’) in A A (‘articles’) in PHAT (‘excellent’).

17d

Someone expecting payback about social media user dismissing a Democrat (8)

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

A charade of C ( circa , ‘about’) plus RED[d]ITOR (‘social media user’ of Reddit) minus a D (‘dismissing a Democrat’).

18d

A strike blocking fashionable project (8)

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

An envelope (‘blocking’) of ‘a’ plus TAP (‘strike’) in CULT (‘fashionable’).

20d

Minister’s signal to collar scoundrel (6)

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21d

Fine to leave continent having seized new medicinal plant (6)

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

A[f]RICA (‘continent’) minus the F (‘fine to leave’) with an inserted N (‘having seized new’).

23d

Indication of agreement accepted by potential energy recipient (5)

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