Guardian Cryptic #29541

2024-11-15

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Across

8a

Returning for every fish to make someone catch it? (8)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Draw Sally, purer with clothing removed (6)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Things that happen to person in bible (New Testament) with son (6)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Dial-A-Clue? That’s cool (4-4)

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

A reverse anagram: LAID is a reversal (back) of DIAL

12a

Does not happen to be, not even in insanity (4)

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13a

German rail user put out, with line taken by saboteurs? (10)

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

G (German) + an anagram (put out) of RAIL USER and L (line)

15a

Criminal kidnaps fingerprint agents (7)

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

An anagram (criminal) of KIDNAPS

16a

Parrot heads to inner maze in the Amazon, thwarting extinction (7)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Report rejected from beginning to end (10)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Slight loss of power cycling? Tea served here (4)

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A cycling of S[p]URN (slight) minus p (power)

20a

BBC lose tedious content in secret (8)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Expects a delay with Southern (6)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Delayed often, discontented, hot and worn out (2,4)

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O[fte]N, minus its content + H (hot) + OLD (worn out)

24a

One derogated as compliant, ignoring hearts unbroken, cheerful earnest optimism (5,3)

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Outside letters (ignoring hearts) of UnbrokeN CheerfuL EarnesT OptimisM, referring to the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Down

1d

Departs on time, followed by unending torment in England’s prime reason for delay (6,2,3,4)

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LEAVES (departs) ON T (time) + HEL[l] (unending torment) + IN E[ngland’s]

2d

Clue to no few typos in excuse for delay (5,4,2,4)

flowerflowerflower
3d

One follows game’s idol, for example: as universal as contrary (7,3)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Supports delays (7)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Boatman under duty to provide conveyance (4)

flowerflowerflower
6d

They cause delays, with fix needed: it’ll go about a long time (6,2,7)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Tendency for delay, caught in airport’s alarmingly British? (15)

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C (caught) in an anagram (alarmingly) of AIRPORT’S + NATION (British, for example, hence the question mark)

14d

I can be found in centre with ATM (broken) to get money sent (10)

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

I in an anagram (broken) of CENTRE ATM

17d

Supports delays (5,2)

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Another double definition

21d

Boatman’s surge from bow interrupted by initial delay (4)

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

D[elay] in TIE (bow)