Guardian Cryptic #29626

2025-02-24

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Across

7a

Create too much suspense in project (8)

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9a

Man, old, was suffering (6)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘suffering’) of ‘old was’.

10a

Comfy as an insect in a carpet? (4)

Generating...

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

A reference to the expression “snug as a bug in a rug”.

11a

Cheddar is too bad (4,6)

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12a

Give some bribes to warden (6)

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14a

Taken by surprise, confess to being exhausted (8)

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15a

Robust door finally installed in workroom (6)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘installed in’) of R (‘doo R finally’) in STUDY (‘workroom’).

17a

Home leave, only a little (2,4)

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20a

Seat that you filled in serious cinema (3,5)

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22a

Pile into business that’s worth little (6)

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23a

Random scans for measles? (4,6)

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24a

Feminine, quiet, gliding movement (4)

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25a

The colour of an old house (6)

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26a

He cannot work out modern engineering (8)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘work out’) of ‘he cannot’.

Down

1d

Seekers of justice squirted nerve gas (8)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘squirted’) of ‘nerve gas’.

2d

Pick up dress to show off (4)

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3d

Money we raised for a tree (6)

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4d

Enter body of aircraft for start of journey to Pennsylvania Avenue? (3,5)

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5d

Keeps a stew bubblingit’s a bit of a gamble (10)

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6d

One palace in two dioceses (6)

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8d

Hamburger, say, one that infects a number (6)

Generating...

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

A charade of GERM (‘one that infects’) plus ‘a’ plus N (‘number’).

13d

Criterion for judging fool on stage (10)

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16d

At sea, guard the offspring (8)

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18d

Excellent shirt, not check? (3-5)

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19d

Senior cleric keeping care of a junior one (6)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘keeping’) of C/O (‘cate of’) in DEAN (‘senior cleric’).

21d

Bear name of rugby forward (6)

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22d

About to go astray ending with nothing here, I bet (6)

Generating...

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

A charade of CA ( circa , ‘about’) plus SIN (‘go astray’) plus O (‘nothing’).

24d

That’s your lot! (4)

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