Guardian Cryptic #29486

2024-09-12

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Across

1a
5a

Arrange safe area online to see rocket (1,4,2,4,3)

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5a

See 1

10a

Supplied children with drugs at the start (6)

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

ISSUE (children) + D[rugs]

11a

Initially drummer of Foo Fighters joins one from Genesis at intervals (2,3,3)

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

ONAN (character in Genesis) + first letters of Drummer Of Foo Fighters

12a

One that often represented the attack of Hull United having space up front (3)

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

EM (printer’s space) + U[nited]; Rod Hull was often attacked by his puppet Emu

13a

Neck about 8 pints (6)

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14a

Salt set out to take in sea-air occasionally (8)

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

Alternate letters of sEa AiR in STATE (set out, as in “state your case”)

15a

Supplier of milk shake cutting pipe down (5)

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

SHUDDER (shake) less SH (be quiet, pipe down)

16a

After split Ukippers perhaps assuming terms of European deals are all magnanimous (9)

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

Splitting Ukippers gives U + Kippers = U + FISH, which we put around the last letters (“terms”) of europeaN dealS arE alL

19a

Geoff Hurst extremely upset over games not having been changed to suit the situation (3-3-3)

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

PE (games) in anagram of GEOFF H[urs]T

21a

Tree line with aspen at the edges (5)

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24a

Flame thrower maybe cooking unwrapped croissants (8)

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

Anagram of [c]ROISSANT[s]

26a

Need nurse back (6)

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27a

Paywall oddly hiding something that could be boring (3)

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

pAyWaLl with the odd letters hidden

28a

What’s represented by Cupid’s bow for example is token of affection (4,4)

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29a

Unclear about ear-piercing style essentially (6)

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

C (circa, about) + LOUD + [st]Y[le]

30a
31a

Battery circuitsthese are for private training purposes? (7,7)

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31a

See 30

Down

2d
20d

Media franchise also stole material possibly breaking firm promises (4,3,7)

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3d

Enthusiastic nonsense that is seen in electronic books (9)

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

BULL (nonsense) I.E. in E[lectronic] NT (New Testament)

4d

Where City must go to make decent cut (6)

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6d

News about 11 penalties editor tidied up (8)

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

pEnAlTiEs “off and on” (from 11 across) in N N, plus ED

7d

Wines on the counter around start of Easter feast (5)

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

E[aster] in reverse of REDS (wines); Seder is the feast the begins the celebration of Passover

8d
22d

When proper advertising watchdog gets on to fraud very well (2,3,2,1,6)

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9d

Put hours in right away and slowly develop residential area (7,6)

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

HOURS IN less R + GESTATE

17d

Entrance men after party under cover? (5,4)

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18d

Icon wanting cold beer turned up outside local (8)

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

ICON less C in reverse of LAGER (beer usually served c old)

20d

See 2

22d

See 8

23d

It might make fast section of level crossing (6)

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25d

Work’s Oscar party’s opening on time (5)

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