Guardian Cryptic #29594

2025-01-17

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Across

1a

Politician chats about parliament and means to maintain warmth (10,5)

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9a

Amerindians from the east observed life, inhaling joint (7)

Generating...

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

A reversal (‘from the east’) of SAW (‘observed’) plus BIJO, an envelope (‘inhaling’) of J (marijuana ‘joint’) in BIO (biography, ‘life’). Chambers and Collins like this spelling of a people of the Great Lakes (and thereabouts) region; Wikipedia plumps for Ojibwe, Longfellow for Ojibway and there are other variations (not to mention the alternative Chippewa).

10a

Picked up ring for starters, getting married (7)

Generating...

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

A charade of R (‘ R ing for starters’) plus ALLIED (‘married’).

11a

Extra purchase picked up (3)

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12a

Guy flogging clobber in run-down park near Hull losing a thousand (5,6)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘run-down’) of ‘par[k] near Hull’ minus the K (‘losing a thousand’).

13a

Might it get you reduced fare in new train? Do without other transport (6,4)

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15a

Substitute heads in super winner above Pickford (4)

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18a

Like certain drinks loudly ingested by drinker (4)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘ingested by’) of F ( forte , ‘loudly’) in SOT (heavy ‘drinker’).

20a

Stop people from seeing small, erotic image (10)

Generating...

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

A charade of SCREEN (‘stop people from seeing’) plus S (‘small’) plus HOT (‘erotic’).

23a

Where to seek romance? Blessing in disguise includes brief hint (7,4)

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25a

Hard to move in embrace that’s unpleasant (3)

Generating...

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

HUG (’embrace’) with the H moved to the end (‘hard to move’).

26a

City in the Americas is, oddly, not a city in the Americas (7)

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27a

Kind of frozen liquid, less cold, put into glasses (7)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘put into’) of I[c]E (‘frozen liquid’) minus the C (‘less cold’) in SPECS (spectacles, ‘glasses’).

28a

Faceless rock’n’roller pens foreign article and European novel (11,4)

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Down

1d

They’re often inside gold bars smelted around India (9)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘around’) of I (‘India’ – not their IVR) in GAOLBRDS, an anagram (‘smelted’) of ‘gold bars’.

2d

Demanding one gets hosted by guy who’s had a sex change? (7)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘gets hosted by’) of I (‘one’) in EX GENT (‘guy who has had a sex change?’).

3d

Everton’s inverted wingers love stopping West Brom’s innovative sweeper (3,5)

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4d

Thrush biting insect with its head down (5)

Generating...

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

LOUSE (‘biting insect’) with the initial L moved to the end (‘with its head down’ in a down light).

5d

Even more cash to fork out daily? Rush to limit it (9)

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6d

Guide serving American introduces Biblical region (6)

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7d

Steinbeck not content, I would argue, to show place of poor Americans (4,3)

Generating...

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

A charade of SK (‘ S teinbec K not content’)plus I’D (‘I would’) plus ROW (‘argue’).

8d

Silhouette of svelte, sometimes fancy fellow in US saloon (5)

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14d

Since getting hold of fashion label, swan around East End in denim headgear (9)

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16d

Does one’s bit, with urges to wear jewellery (7,2)

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17d

Acting superior in station, drained by crime, runs away (8)

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19d

Wild supporter of Chelsea, say, taking against entertaining article (7)

Generating...

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

A double envelope (‘taking’ and ‘entertaining’) of A (indefinite ‘article’) in ANTI (‘against’) in FC (Football Club, ‘Chelsea, say’).

21d

Chap who escaped commotion in hotel certainly heard in Paris (7)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘in’) of DIN (‘commotion’) in H (‘hotel’) plus OUI (‘certainly heard in Paris’).

22d

Learner admitted to poor grade on exam, exhibiting bloomers (6)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘admitted to’) of L (‘learner’) in F (‘poor grade’) plus ORAL (‘exam’).

23d

Reason for doing very little crack and heroin (5)

Generating...

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

A charade of SLOT (‘crack’) plus H (‘heroin’).

24d

Some light parsley oddly scrubbed and held in hands (5)

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