Guardian Cryptic #29511

2024-10-11

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1a

Cryptic setter one could describe as ‘easy’ (6)

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

An anagram (cryptic) of SETTER

4a

Rich young man buying ordinary education (6)

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

LAD (young man) round O (ordinary) plus ED (education)

9a

Innocent spy boss infiltrates party (4)

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10a

Author’s duty about the examination of youth (5-5)

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CHILD’S ( author’ s )  + an anagram (about) of DUTY

11a

During the weekend princess does rollerblading (6)

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12a

Bug about to be eaten behind closed doors (2,6)

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13a

Declares being in favour of strong characters at the centre of Brussels (9)

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15a

Mark Twain finds eating spaghetti ends messily (4)

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An anagram (messily) of the last letters (ends) of twaiN findS eatinG spaghettI

16a

Very happy to start with this? (4)

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17a

Alien creates artificial additional things (9)

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21a

When reversing, some forgot Tesla frequently makes high pitch (8)

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22a

Doctor Who actors in outbreak, onset of salmonella (6)

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

A nifty lift and separate anagram (out) of BREAK + S[almonella) – Tom and Colin Baker both played the Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’

24a

(11 – 5) ÷ 1,000? Have a goit covers advanced or simple (10)

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ELE[v]EN (11 – 5) round (divided by) M + TRY (have a go) round A (advanced)

25a

Does medical practitioner look inside after removing heart? (4)

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

E[y]E (look) minus the middle letter (heart) in DR (medical practitioner) – an old trick but still catches the unwary

26a

State banquet is wasting content (6)

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27a

A hundred put in Surrey prison gain height (6)

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

A + C (a hundred) in SEND ( Surrey prison ) – without much hope, I googled ‘send, prison’ – and found it

Down

1d

Sun story about King’s brotherin conclusion, a criminal (7)

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

S (sun) + TALE (story) round K (king) + [brothe]R – an amusing allusive surface

2d

English batsman bowled down the middle by machine (5)

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ROOT (English batsman) round B (bowled) – Qaos couldn’t possibly have known how topical this clue would be

3d

Reasons old girlfriend swears Romeo’s dumped (7)

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5d

Over 500,500 set off? Most peculiar (6)

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O (over) D (500) + D (500) + an anagram (off) of SET

6d

Policeman not working, giving up foxtrot for tango (9)

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DE[f]ECTIVE (not working) with f (foxtrot – NATO alphabet) replaced by T (tango) ditto

7d

Worthless information describing love produces resentment (7)

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DUD (worthless) + GEN (information) round O (love)

8d

Boil rice and it’s jiggling back and forth (13)

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14d

Golfers making mess of our rough (9)

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16d

Red Ferrari maybe left in place (7)

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18d

50% of them: brothers containing male chromosome? (7)

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[th]EM (50%) + BROS (brothers) round Y (male chromosome) – not quite &lit but highly allusive

19d

Clue for a simpleton? (7)

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20d

Lines of workers rise up to capture extremists separately (6)

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

A reversal (rise up) of ANTS (workers) round A and Z (extremists) separately

23d

Royal man for example, lifting anchor (5)

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

K (king – royal) + ED (man) + a reversal (lifting) of EG (for example) – a new word for me