Guardian Cryptic #29472

2024-08-27

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Across

1a

Spooner’s accused principal dancer of being a promiscuous type (3,6)

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

Spoonerism of “head bopper”; “accused” seems superfluous to the cryptic reading

6a

Important religious text is sectarian (5)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Melting ice sheet’s a brutewhy climb it? (7,3,5)

flowerflowerflower
10a

My good manregularly forceful he is (4)

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Alternate letters of mY gOoD mAn – the definition is an example of the kind of inverted speech used by Yoda (from Star Wars )

11a

Appropriate entrance for central Harrow? (8)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Normal lady at home opposes such a loner (3,3,3)

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The opposites of normal/lady/at home (in)

15a

Plain part of Cornwall an oasis (5)

flowerflowerflower
16a

Your drained, after having modelled for this randy fellow (5)

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SAT (modelled) + Y[ou]R. The illiterate “your” for “you’re” is needed for the surface, but I don’t like it (to put it mildly)

18a

No ironing when drunk! Get some food (5,4)

flowerflowerflower
20a

Let me through for this dance (6-2)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Asian money needed when adding height to club(4)

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H in BAT – the Baht is the currency of Thailand

25a

our central location for revealing secrets (7,3,3,2)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Drug measures would be heartless for some females (5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Faded plant lacks depth on the nose (9)

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OLD less D + FACTORY (plant)

Down

1d

Constable is a bit soft, having released Liberal (5)

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BLOBBY less L

2d

Made call to get cops involved in action (7)

flowerflowerflower
3d

It was used to make Roman omelette (4)

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It’s the Latin for “egg”, so if the ancient Romans made omelettes that’s what they’d use

4d

Look briefly at reports of maximum irritation (4)

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5d

Experience of getting high yield beforeit’s coming back (6,4)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Pay-off at end of poem (6,4)

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The last line of a poem would be at the bottom

7d

Island got really enraged initially over nothing (7)

flowerflowerflower
8d

Seem awkward wearing underwear for introduction to programme (5,4)

flowerflowerflower
12d

They’ll see you in court for covering street with obstacles (10)

flowerflowerflower
13d

Omit cover for privates providing order in sticky situation (2,8)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Seafood store where ragged boy rested (6,3)

flowerflowerflower
17d

He recorded his times without telling us (7)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Authoritative reason given to child querying parental order (1,4,2)

flowerflowerflower
22d

Stand over major cityjust a bit (5)

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TEE (a “stand” for a golf ball) + N[ew] Y[ork]

23d

Make mistake and scarper without finishing (4)

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A truncated GO OFF

24d

Spirit shown by master catholic (4)

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

M.A. + R.C. – marc is a kind of brandy