Guardian Cryptic #29579

2024-12-31

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Across

8a

Male detective’s kind of party (8)

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9a

Preface perhaps key (6)

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10a

Degree of warmth attending a kind of party (4)

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11a

Little rabble in party (4,6)

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12a

Party where rubbish bags left (6)

Generating...

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

HOOEY (rubbish) round (bags) L (left)

14a

Piece behind bar broken by drunk, finallygood shot! (8)

Generating...

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

MAN (chess piece) after [drun]K in MARS (chocolate bar)

15a

Small hamper for kind of party (7)

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17a

Party disrobing heir in spoilt child (7)

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20a

Reflection of love child, sayas whoopee made? (8)

Generating...

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

A reversal (reflection) of O (love) + MINOR (child) + EG (for example – say)

22a

Like dripping taps, odd bits cast in silver (6)

Generating...

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

[t]A[p]S, minus the odd letters (cast) in GREY (silver)

23a

Foreign senator keeps party leader in opposition very close (2,4,4)

Generating...
24a

Party clobber (4)

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25a

Diva’s first private kind of party (6)

Generating...

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

D[iva] + INNER (private)

26a

Two kinds of party drink (5,3)

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Down

1d

Driver second if not invested in hard work (5,3)

Generating...

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

MO (second) + OR (if not) in TOIL (hard work)

2d

One bird or more soaring? (4)

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3d

Bottle shown by male driver? (6)

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4d

State where a woman ruined by gin after a party (7)

Generating...

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

A LAB[our] (party) + A MA (a mother – woman ruined by gin! (see here )

5d

Keep party dish out (8)

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6d

Miss show that is holding auction (10)

Generating...

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

DEMO (show) + IE (id est – that is) round SELL (auction)

7d

Classes where dope given time (6)

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13d

Sending up light starter in grapefruit, pickled onion on top! (10)

Generating...

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

LAMP (light) + an anagram (pickled) of ONION + G[rapefruit]

16d

Semi-intoxicated, for example, bedding Republican delegate (8)

Generating...

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

An anagram (intoxicated) of SEMI + SAY (for example) round R (Republican)

18d

Fancy dress with it, a failure (8)

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19d

Back of ghetto toured by buddy, I don’t like that part of town (7)

Generating...

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

[ghett]O in BRO (buddy) + UGH (I don’t like that)

21d

Call for help when discovered with a tin, rattled about for collection (6)

Generating...

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

An anagram (rattled about) of A TIN in [h]EL[p]

22d

Kind of party in office after charitable event set up (6)

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24d

Launch backhander (4)

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