Guardian Cryptic #29576

2024-12-27

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1a

Fish sandwiches Frenchman scoffing heading for Dieppeworker at Versailles, perhaps? (8)

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

definition refers to a possible worker at the Gardens of Versailles GAR="Fish" around RENE=René="Frenchman" which itself goes around ("scoffing") the head letter of D-[ieppe]

6a

Fish sandwiches geezer rejectedfor the hard stuff! (6)

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

EEL="Fish" around MAN="geezer" reversed/"rejected"

9a

Raw beef sandwiches the lot of them! (6)

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10a

Fish sandwiches brilliant, a hundred bagged in record of US expenditure (4,4)

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

definition: a US term for a record of costs of production COD="Fish" around STAR="brilliant", with C=Roman numeral for "a hundred" bagged inside

11a

Turkey sandwiches interchanged with starter of tofu, complaining under one’s breath (9)

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

MUG=a stupid person, a fool="Turkey", around ( inter t )* " inter changed " becomes ' inter ' changed (indicating an anagram) with the starting letter of t -[ofu]

13a

Cheese sandwiches new for pickler (5)

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BRIE="Cheese" around N (new)

15a

Lacklustre turkey sandwiches left, loathsome in the extreme (6)

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

DUD="turkey" around: L (left) + the extreme/outer letters of L-[oathesom]-E

17a

Chicken sandwiches in deli glimpsed, first of all, in small device (6)

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

WET=ineffectual, lacking strength of character="Chicken" in the sense of 'cowardly'; around "first" letters "of all" of I-[n] D-[eli] G-[limpsed]

19a

Tender sausage sandwiches put in container (6)

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20a

Most delicious egg sandwiches dry when turned over (6)

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

NIT="egg" of a louse, around SEC="dry" (describing wine) reversed/"turned over"

22a

Thin fish sandwiches no good (5)

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24a

Bacon sandwiches upright on nipples (9)

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27a

Beef sandwiches ending in bin, brownin some state (8)

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

definition refers to the US "state" of Montana MOAN="Beef" meaning a complaint, around: ending of [bi]-N + TAN="brown"

28a

Chicken sandwiches programresult! (6)

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30a

Grind beef sandwiches down, initially (6)

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

definition: POWDER as a verb meaning to pulverise, to reduce to powder POWER="beef" around initial letter of D-[own]

31a

Tiny ham sandwiches demolished on vacation, nothing brought back (8)

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

PIG="ham" around: D-[emolishe]-D vacated of its inner letters ("on vacation") + NIL="nothing" reversed/"brought back"

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2d

Lid off epic cooker (3)

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

[s]-AGA="epic" with its top letter ("lid") taken "off"

3d

Fifty pocketed in masterful pots (5)

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

definition refers to Delft pottery [wiki] L="Fifty" in Roman numerals, inside DEFT="masterful"

4d

Information about gold hard to come by in US city (3,7)

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

NEWS="Information" around: OR="gold" (in heraldry) + LEAN=lacking in quantity="hard to come by"t

5d

Blood banks popular for tragedian (6)

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6d

Sandwiches primarily in snackway to go! (4)

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

first/primary letter of S-[andwiches] in EAT="snack"

7d

Care taken with rough criminal, egregious scamp (9)

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anagram/"criminal" of (Care rough)*

8d

US actor somewhat sullen, or fed up (5)

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

definition refers to Zac Efron the American actor [wiki] hidden in ("somewhat"): [sulle]-N OR FE-[d], reversed/"up"

12d

Unopened store I had opened (5)

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

definition: past tense of 'undo' which can mean to open [f]-UND="store" without its opening letter + I'D=contraction of "I had"

14d

At a lower level, dark in one ditch (10)

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

DIM="dark" + IN (direct from surface) + I="one" + SHED=discarded="ditched"

16d

Was an arsonist I confined to school charged? (9)

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18d

Veggie given to Dick if a tyrant is heard? (5)

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

if combined with "Dick" to make 'dick-tater', would sound like 'dictator'="tyrant"

21d

Better clothes soldier sent over for the rest (6)

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

CAP=to surpass="Better" around/"clothes" ANT="soldier" reversed/"sent over"

23d

A journey repeated plenty of times (1,2-2)

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

A (from surface) + GO="journey", repeated

25d

Part of shirt seen in mirror, two lines either side (5)

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

APE=copy, impersonate="mirror", with L (line) on either side

26d

The wrong way round, Queen on pound note (4)

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29d

‘Time’ as ‘Tim’ turned up? (3)

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

reversal/"turned up" of NO E 'Tim' is 'Time' with no e