Guardian Cryptic #29508

2024-10-08

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Across

1a

Cosmetic treatments deal with bags (4,5)

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6a

One played music in independent school (4)

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10a

Frenchman and wife to start again (5)

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11a

Live TV: he is playing with one musician(9)

Generating...

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

BE (“live”) + *(tv he one) [anag: playing ]

12a

one wild rock singer at the start takes top off (7)

Generating...

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

UN (“one”) + *(rock) [anag: wild ] + S (inger) [ at the start ]

13a

Hill backing Red Bull’s sporting rivals? (7)

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14a

Perhaps Miss Whiplash with this leader getting chains? (4,9)

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17a

Clever surgery that’s barely legal (5,8)

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21a

Places for refreshment collecting empty retsina bottles (7)

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22a

Agent making viewers stream Zoom chat? (4,3)

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24a

Stress too much on the subject of government (9)

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25a

Loincloth with organ visible in the middle (5)

Generating...

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

LUNG (“organ”) + (vis) I (ble) [ in the middle ]

26a

Place to meet European (4)

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27a

Reaching climax after old lover, model (9)

Generating...

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

ENDING (“climax”) after EX (“old lover”) + (Model) T

Down

1d

Unsociable hours mainly? Face getting sacked (8)

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2d

Do I see curve (5)

Generating...

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

CON (“do”) + I + C (see) I’ll let the mathematicians decie whether a conic is a curve?

3d

Pressure on one in debt: snap quickly in early meeting (5,9)

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4d

Copper twice arrests street artists (7)

Generating...

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

Cu (chemical symbol for “copper”) + BIS (“twice”) arrests St, (street)

5d

Top one working hard? (7)

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7d

Switch to ITV: a rap singer appears (9)

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8d

One tucking into food with pastry (6)

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9d

The Tramp thread is short: idiot bloke appears first (7,7)

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15d

Able to suck in stomach muscles? Angled to attract men (9)

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16d

Dieting to mind figure, ultimately? Hardly! (8)

Generating...

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

FASTING (“dieting”) to mind (figur) E [ ultimately ]

18d

Standard time for delivery (7)

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19d

Turn back on deal, mostly (7)

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20d

Not like this clue? One getting angry (6)

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23d

Information is for bottled spirits? (5)

Generating...

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

GEN (“information”) + I + I (i twice, so is)