Guardian Cryptic #29606

2025-01-31

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8a

Steep areamind out! (8)

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9a

Liverpudlian exporting cocaine is 8 (5)

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

definition: to SOUSE is to MARINADE, the answer to 8ac S[ c ]OUSE="Liverpudlian" with c for "cocaine" removed

10a

Selection of soya beans on counter in marketplace (4)

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11a

Grass in English garden mown regularly in well-to-do area (10)

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

SING=to inform on, to sell out="Grass", in KENT, plus regular letters of [m]-O-[w]-N KENT is known as the Garden of England i.e. "English garden"

12a

Cold case for Detective Columbo finale is foolishness (6)

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

ICY="Cold" around [acting as an container/"case" for]: DI (Detective Inspector) + final letter of [Columb]-O

14a

Ford maybe failing to start in pursuit of German troops (8)

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

[h]-ARRISON ("Ford maybe", reference to actor Harrison Ford) without the starting letter; after G (German)

16a

Husband consumed by wrong ends in here? (7)

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

definition: a place for cigarette ends H (Husband) inside ASTRAY="wrong"

18a

Great blokes in semi-rough (7)

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

MEN="blokes" in anagram/"rough" of (semi)*

21a

Animated studio producer’s about to cover Virginia Plain (8)

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

HANNA'S="Animated studio producer's", reversed/"about" and around VA (US state abbreviation for Virginia) reference to William Hanna [wiki] of animation studio Hanna-Barbera

23a

West Indies importing revolutionary fish paste (6)

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

WI (West Indies) around/"importing" a reversal/"revolutionary" of BASA=species of "fish"

24a

Job in the chippie changes sides to make national dish of 1 (6,4)

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

definition: a national dish of BARBADOS (1dn) F-[ r ]-YING FISH="Job in the chippie", changing sides from r (right) to L (left)

26a

Cool retro case for AirPods (4)

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

"AirPods" needs to be split into Air / Pods definition: "Pods", referring to the pods of the OKRA plant OK="Cool", plus reversal/"retro" of the outer letters ("case") of A-[i]-R

27a

Dawn French for one tucked into drink (5)

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28a

Stomach’s a problem after lamb korma occasionally (8)

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

definition: one of the stomachs in a ruminant animal A SUM=a mathematical calculation="a problem", after occasional letters from [L]-A-[m]-B [k]-O-[r]-M-[a]

Down

1d

Country pub’s hosting bachelor party (8)

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

BAR'S="pub's", around/"hosting": BA (Bachelor of Arts) + DO="party"

2d

Open ChatGPT perhaps on track (4)

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3d

Artist relies on secrecy ultimately (6)

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

BANKS="relies" (to bank/rely on something); plus ultimate letter of [secrec]-Y

4d

Adolescent graffiti drawing in evening on ecstasy (7)

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

TAG=a form of "graffiti" [wiki] around (drawing in): EEN=e'en (contraction of 'even', meaning "evening"); plus E (ecstasy)

5d

White on the move with queen sacrificed (4)

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

definition: a type of white wine ASTI-[r]="one the move" with r (regina, "queen") removed

6d

He’s nursing poor appetite (10)

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

anagram/"poor" of (He's nursing)*

7d

Study O-Level Sociology essentially from the beginning (2,4)

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

DEN=as in a room in a house="Study", plus central letters ("essentially") from O [Le]-V-[el] [Soci]-O-[logy]

13d

Case dismissed by one dressed in leather? (10)

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

OUT="dismissed" + I="one" inside PATENT="leather?", reference to patent leather

15d

Drink from unopened barrel (3)

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17d

Is that Bambi heading off for shelter? (3)

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

definition: AWN means to shelter with an awning [f]-AWN="Is that Bambi…?", with its head letter taken off

19d

Cricketing legend Amiss sleeps it off (6,2)

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20d

Hassle travelling around India for Victorian women? (7)

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

for definition: SHEILA as a typically Australian name for a woman, and Victoria as in the Australian state anagram/"travelling" of (Hassle)*, around I (India, Nato alphabet)

22d

Book is on time in the end (2,4)

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23d

TV doctor eating a very large fish (6)

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

definition: "fish" as a plural, and a wahoo is a type of fish WHO as in Doctor Who="TV doctor" around/eating A (from surface); plus OS (over size, "very large")

25d

Breaks wind quietly inside (4)

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26d

Serving of Navratilova lost shape (4)

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