Guardian Cryptic #29477

2024-09-02

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Across

1a

Pre-nuptial celebrations touring Hastings, good time (4,6)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘touring’?) of ‘Hastings’ plus G (‘good’) plus T (‘time’).

6a

Some miss Cameron (Con) (4)

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9a

But do such tourists just look at eyesores? (10)

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10a

Who, in France, has penny for pound? (4)

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

A charade of QUI (‘who, in France’) plus D ( Denarius , old ‘penny’) .

12a

Firm of less importance gets chance (12)

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15a

Ease an age problem which touches Crete (6,3)

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

An anagram (‘problem’) of ‘ease an age’.

17a

Cotton thread one’s placed in heart of galleon (5)

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

An envelope (‘placed in’) of I’s (‘one’s’) in LLE (‘heart of ga LLE on’; some object that the extent of the ‘heart’ is unspecified, but it is fairly obvious what is needed here).

18a

Roam around with leading indigenous Polynesian (5)

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

A charade of MAOR, an anagram (‘around’) of ‘roam’ plus I (‘leading I ndigenous’). And yes, New Zealand is included in Polynesia.

19a

They melt and oddly increase with these drifting (3,6)

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20a

Spooky talesNordic drama for Conservatives (5,7)

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24a

Tops of Egyptian pyramids in colour film (4)

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25a

Out most of Saturday getting to a toll-road in Europe (10)

Generating...

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

A charade of AUTOSTRAD, an envelope (‘getting’) of ‘to’ in AUSTRAD, an anagram (‘out’) of ‘Saturda[y]’ minus its last letter (‘most of’); plus ‘a’

26a

Test debacle at home(4)

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27a

which starts camp clearing (10)

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Down

1d

Frame airline before start of hijack (4)

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

A charade of SAS (Scandanavian Airlines System, ‘airline’) plus H (‘start of H ijack’). ‘Frame’ is not the first word which come to my mind for SASH, but various dictionaries define the latter as a window frame (and onelook.com even picks up from somewhere SASH as a frame for a saw in sawmilling).

2d

Mythical boat with freight first removed (4)

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3d

Their country’s championslike Red Rum and Mon Mome (12)

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

Red Rum and Mon Mome were horses who won the Grand National, the former three times.

4d

Go and putt it there! (5)

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5d

Stop rats barring opening in gallery (9)

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7d

Noble women tot up letters (10)

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8d

Centre Point in Levant etc (6,4)

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11d

Al cryptically at local surgery (6,6)

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13d

Attractive objects drawn to drink? (3,7)

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

Definition and literal interpretation.

14d

Expert in many fields? (10)

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16d

Raving Jesuit and patron of lost causes (5,4)

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

An anagram (‘raving’) of ‘Jesuit and’.

21d

Marsupial’s time for bed (5)

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22d
23d

Join in and act (4,4)

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23d

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