Guardian Cryptic #29604

2025-01-29

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Across

9a

Extract money from tooth after Penny’s opposed (5)

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

Extract M (money) from (m) OLAR ("tooth") after P (penny)

10a

English party talk is complicated (9)

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11a

Henry’s wearing odd socks, put to selling shoelaces here? (4,5)

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

H'S (Henry's) wearing *(socks put) [anag: odd ] The shoelaces in question are long (normally red) strands of candy.

12a

Game played beside the fire? (5)

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

A POKER is often kept "beside the fire")

13a

Stock market activity performed under the table (7)

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

FOOTSIE (informal version of FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) is also what people sometimes play "under the table")

15a

Mark’s a player with no handicap (7)

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17a

Chief of Police thrown out of club, say (5)

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

[ chief of ] P(olice) thrown out of (p) UTTER (golf "club")

18a

Deep 23 evenly flowing west (3)

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

<=( [evenly] (w) A (t) E (r) S , the answer to "23" down, flowing west, i.e. from right to left )

20a

Toast bread (5)

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22a

Perfectly holding body of fighters with tug (3,4)

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

TO A T ("perfectly") holding WBO (World Boxing Association, so "body of fighters")

25a

Striped pastel covered in shade to a large extent (7)

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

[ striped ] (p) A (s) T (e) L covered in GREY ("shade")

26a

Very fond of husband’s orange top, not pants (3,2)

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

H (husband) + O (range) [ top ] + *(not) [anag: pants ]

27a

I’m stopping horrible racists with swords (9)

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30a

They tend flowers Ivan oddly swapped with queen (9)

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

GARDEN(ia)S ("flowers") with I(v)A(n) [ oddly ] swapped with ER (Elizabeth Regina, so "queen"), so GARDEN(ER)S

31a

Still taking days returning toy (5)

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

<=(YET ("still") taking DD (day, twice, so days), returning )

Down

1d

Good time follows single and double (4)

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

PI (pious, so "good") + T (time) follows S (single)

2d

Failure of power gives rise to censorship (8)

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3d

Weapons and gifts exchanging hands (4)

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

A(l)MS ("gifts") exchanging L (left) for R (right) hands becomes A(R)MS

4d

Enthusiasts choose to enter river and start to swim (8)

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

VOTE ("choose") to enter (river) DEE and [ start to ] S (wim)

5d

1,000,000 donkeysthat’s loads(6)

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6d

… 10001000 story is similar? (10)

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7d

Promote book: ‘Egypt on Vacation’ (6)

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

MARK ("book" of the New Testament) + E (gyp) T [ on vacation ]

8d

Support or prohibit defending base (4)

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13d

Able to eat trout regularly with food (5)

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

FIT ("able") to eat (t) R (o) U (t) [ regularly ]

14d

Russia repelled, firmly established without capital being hemmed in (10)

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

<=RUS (Russia, repelled ) + (g) ROUNDED ("firmly established" without capital (letter))

16d

Dear Mel(5)

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19d

most annoyed doctor rangit’s about tablet (8)

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

*(rang its) [anag: doctor ] about E (ecstasy, so "tablet")

21d

Cryptically, draws in a direction away from port (8)

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23d

Wife rates sexy member of Pink Floyd (6)

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

W (wife) + *(rates) [anag: sexy ] Refers to Pink Floyd bass guitarist and singer Roger Waters.

24d

One sampling bit of salsa covered in potato (6)

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

[ bit of ] S (alsa) covered in TATER ("potato")

26d

Mercury eclipsing face of Uranus and Earth? That’s immense (4)

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

Hg (chemical symbol for "mercury") eclipsing [ face of ] U (ranus), + E (Earth)

28d

10 across taking timehint? (4)

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

10 + A (across) taking T (time)

29d

Island broadcaster on air (4)

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