Guardian Cryptic #29509

2024-10-09

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Across

1a

Be ready to do nothing (5,2)

flowerflowerflower
5a

Get rid of unwanted drug that’s been released (4,3)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Groom initially coy on meeting bride (4)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Alternative for meek lady lacking a traditional cure (4,6)

Generating...

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

Anagram of FOR MEEK LADY less A

12a

Special language giving information on freezing (6)

Generating...

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

POLAR (freezing) + I[nformation]; Polari is a slang formerly used in the gay subculture and elsewhere, brought to wider attention by the Julian and Sandy sketches in Round the Horne

13a

Exemption allows compiler to admit being weak about it (8)

Generating...

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

IT in I’M PUNY (the setter’s admission of being weak)

14a

I can see GP bothered by gesture seeking no conflict (5,4)

flowerflowerflower
16a

Clues given to Yard, wasted (5)

flowerflowerflower
17a

Mad liberal conceals stuff that’s not prepared (2-3)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Rough up Nigel for example (9)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Great story about earth I told in instalments (8)

Generating...

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

SOD (earth) + I in EPIC

24a

River group gets rejected, having eaten meat (6)

Generating...

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

HAM in reverse of SET (group)

26a

Dylan moved around in river boat mostly (2,3,5)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Little appreciation for one who is late (4)

flowerflowerflower
28a

Work space sketched out, eliminating carbon (3,4)

Generating...

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

SKETCHED* less C – surely this is not a standard phrase?

29a

Put on in accordance with procedure (7)

flowerflowerflower

Down

2d

Broadcast raised in volume when showing traditional sexual arrangement (7)

Generating...

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

Reverse of SOW (to broadcast) in TOME

3d

Parvenu biased somewhat against part of Africa (5)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Experts unavailable during scraps (7)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Money annually applied to create satellite (6)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Extent of US currency getting acknowledgement in reports (9)

Generating...

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

Sounds a bit like “dime mention”

8d

Meets potential lover following happy news (7)

flowerflowerflower
9d

Buffoons regularly see them (6,7)

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15d

Organised crime don’s looking embarrassed (9)

flowerflowerflower
18d

Drop extremely tacky church artwork (7)

Generating...

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

DIP (to drop) + T[ack]Y + CH[urch]

20d

Welcome success in this place? (2,5)

flowerflowerflower
21d

More wary about strange linkage between both sides (7)

Generating...

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

ERRIE between L[eft] and R[ight]

22d

Shambles when wife’s abandoned puzzles (6)

Generating...

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

WADDLES (shambles about) less W

25d

Sale room offer is essentially disdainful (5)

Generating...

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

Centra letters of sALe rOOm ofFer