Guardian Cryptic #29611

2025-02-06

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1a

Marriage added to traditions that we recently abandoned (7,5)

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9a

Fat blokes concealed signs of what’s to come (5)

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10a

Colourings? Yes, time to be put into puddings (9)

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

[ YES + T(abbrev. for “time”) ] contained in ( to be put into ) DUFFS(flour puddings boiled or steamed in a cloth bag).

11a

Waste a sporting triumph (7)

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12a

Active type, welcoming party, flipping left: he seems bored (7)

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

DOER(an active type/a go-getter) containing ( welcoming ) [ reversal of ( …, flipping ) DO(a party/a social function) + L(abbrev. for “left”) ]. Defn: He whose boredom is signalled by drawing absent-mindedly.

13a

Revolutionary party in thrall to curiously gauche Marxist (3,7)

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15a

‘Long-limbed?’ Scratching headshaped like Humpty Dumpty! (4)

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

“leggy”(long-limbed, specifically, having long legs) minus its 1st letter ( Scratching head ). Defn: Term to describe a shape like that of Humpty Dumpty, the egg.

18a

Major name in astronomy (4)

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19a

Putin’s aim: to finally shatter belief in better world (10)

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

Anagram of ( … shatter ) [ PUTIN’S AIM + last letter of ( … finally ) “ to ” ].

22a

Flatbread taken from fellow at lunchtime? (7)

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24a

Principally, Achilles’ heel dipped in waterway somewhere in Greece (7)

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

1st letter of ( Principally ) “ Achilles ’” + [ CAD(heel/a no-gooder) contained in ( dipped in ) RIA(a waterway/a long narrow inlet of the sea coast).

25a

Top biscuit (9)

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26a

French river a little Frenchman’s in (5)

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

SOME(a little/small amount) containing ( …’s in ) M(abbrev. for “Monsieur”, form of address for a Frenchman).

27a

To sum up: conservative puncturing diversity’s sister principle (2,10)

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1d

Grim mating activity including silly leer (9)

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2d

Rolling Stone icon on perpetual comeback tour (8)

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3d

As mausoleum’s location is seen in Algeria? (5)

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

Reverse clue: 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th letters of ( is ODDLY seen in ) “ Algeria ” = AGRA, location of the mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

4d

Danger, by the way, for those over 70 (5,4)

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5d

No, I sun myself up in the country (6)

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

Reversal of ( … up , in a down clue) [ NO, I + TAN(to sun myself/bathe myself in sunlight) ].

6d

Anglo-Saxon king, large, wanting the trimmings (5)

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7d

Fragmentary picture of ancient lawgiver (6)

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8d

Leprosy not beginning to upset bird (6)

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

Anagram of ( … to upset ) [ “ Leprosy ” minus its 1st letter ( not beginning ) ].

14d

Expressing ill-will, three engaged in civil unrest (9)

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16d

Lad musing about member of association (9)

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17d

Component of woven arc is sinuous flowers (8)

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18d

A French experimental composer’s release (6)

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20d

Escaping from trap, Dracula’s prey increasingly beastly (6)

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21d

In Bond, female bodyguard almost given licence to kill pandas like this? (6)

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

“Bambi”(the female bodyguard character in the James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever) minus its last letter ( almost ) plus ( given ) OO(or 00/Double O, signifying, in the James Bond novels, an MI6 agent with a licence to kill). Defn: …, viz. the giant grass that together with its shoots is the main component of pandas’ diet.

23d

‘Ora pro nobis’ partly offering protection (5)

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24d

Sign-off that might end with an ‘x’? (5)

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