Guardian Cryptic #29567

2024-12-16

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8a

Elvis due to reincarnate? Unreal! (8)

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

An anagram (‘to reincarnate’) of ‘Elvis due’.

9a

Dear church members, you need a cat here (6)

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

A charade of O (‘dear’ as an invocation) plus CE (‘church’ of England) plus LOT (‘members – perhaps CE LOT should be read as a unit)

10a

A band of zebras? (6)

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

Obvious, but choose your own description of the clue.

11a

War memorial not cheap to rebuild (8)

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12a

Some blame Zeus for Greek food (4)

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13a

The Swiss state is in N Italy, true? False (10)

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

After wondering how to stretch Neuchâtel to fit, it turns out that the answer is not a Canton; an anagram (‘false’) of ‘N Italy true’.

15a

Part of a summer shower, in itself regularly mild (7)

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16a

Work garment more than a couple of pounds (7)

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

A charade of OVER (‘more than’) plus ‘a’ plus LL (‘couple of pounds’ – as currency, £ is a styalised L).

18a

Eccentric or angry, as Humpty ended up (3,3,4)

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

Triple definition, the third being allusive.

19a

Primate burying saint in rear of church (4)

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

An envelope (‘burying’) of S (‘saint’) in APE (‘primate’), with a descriptive definition.

20a

Lifting weights with this a breeze, to a girl (8)

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22a

So far, fox fed itself (2,4)

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23a

Where every country can obtain water for the sick? (6)

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24a

Racing here, great deal? (8)

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1d

Flier the RAF redefined to have failed (9,6)

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

An anagram (‘to have failed’) of ‘the RAF redefined’. MY favourite clue here (and the last solved). With the odd crosser, I so wanted the answer to be PEREGRINE FALCON.

2d

Possible employer looks carefully at A-level choice (8,7)

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3d

This may speed through the streets, if I re-engineer part (4,6)

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

A hiddef answer (‘part’) in ‘i F I REENGINE er’.

4d

Hangman promoted? The sauce (7)

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5d

Almost pretty Scottish city (4)

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6d

Sadly lament holiday not operational, given health crisis (6,9)

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7d

Being taken in, isolation is path for treatment (15)

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

An anagram (‘for treatment’) of ‘isolation is path’, with an extended definition.

14d

Unveiling the final book in the series (10)

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17d

Extract bus ticket and get on (7)

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21d

Colleague that puts an end to a lot of adverbs (4)

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