Guardian Cryptic #29525

2024-10-28

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Across

8a

See group, oddly, as source of self-criticism (8)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Not ourselves, and not herselfnot entirely (6)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Puzzle followed by two seconds without speaking (8)

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

WORDLE (word-guessing puzzle, now published online by the New York Times) + S S

11a

For instance, consuming a container of food (6)

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

A TIN (food container) in EG , &lit

12a

Errant life feels misrepresented, as is autobiography (4-11)

flowerflowerflower
15a

Important politician, one ranked moderately highly (5)

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Three definitions, the last two being the former Prime Minister and the army rank

16a

Inhibit action drawing attention to oneself (5)

flowerflowerflower
20a

Many folk find them foul (4-6,5)

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All the words in the clue have four letters, &lit

21a

Left-winger that’s replaced extremes of Eastern philosopy (6)

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TAOISM or DAOISM with the “extreme” letters changed. Note the typo in “philosopy”. As noted in the comments, this is more accurately TAOISM with the T and M “re-placed”

23a

Scattered in USSR as some of its people were (8)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Thus cover the person writing in oblique symbols (6)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Flowers from self-absorbed type? No way, ultimately (8)

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NARCISSIST less ST (street, way)

Down

1d

They can be disorderly for sure (7)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Point of Hamlet’s first appearance that could come as shock (4,2,4)

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HEAD (point, e.g. as a geographical feature) + OF + H[amlet] + AIR (appearance)

3d

My repeated appeal for attention that rapidly spreads (4)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Sailed, having taken in small crew (7)

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S in BOATED, with “crew” as past tense of “crow”, to boast

5d

Key individual like me, who can help with dislocation? (10)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Finishes off this photograph to print another (4)

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Last letters of thiS photograpH tO prinT, with “another” meaning another photograph

7d

Conclude in British article who’s responsible for this? (7)

flowerflowerflower
13d

For example, concert organized around one, considering nobody else (10)

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EG (for example) + I in CONCERT*

14d

Muscle problem to continue nursing? That’s right (10)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Revolutionary device that reproduces itself when up-ended (7)

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ROTATOR is a palindrome

18d

Keeping stone circle around another (7)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Peculiarity exemplified in what comes before and after (7)

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

Not sure about this – my best guess is that it refers to the odd numbers 19 (clue number) and 7 (enumeration) that come before and after the clue

22d

Like some setters, mostly kind of ornamental (4)

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Some setters (dogs) are IRISH, which we use most of

24d

One selfie’s border making American angry (4)

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

The “border” of selfie is either S OR E