Guardian Cryptic #29633

2025-03-04

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Across

7a

Embargoes involving dodgy money? Certainly not! (2,2,5)

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8a

Sound location for seeing things (5)

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9a

In retirement, a wonderful person resists huge amounts of cash (9)

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10a

Singular right-wing newspaper article (5)

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12a

Rookie’s lack of depravity? (6)

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13a

Drink almost beginning to taste better (8)

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14a

Messenger job accepted by mailmen periodically (7)

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17a

Crown dependency is tops! (7)

Generating...

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

JERSEY’S (‘Crown dependency is’).

20a

Sort of sweatier pants (2,2,4)

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22a

Careless agent takes on large operation (6)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘takes on’) of L (‘large’) plus OP (‘operation’) in SPY (‘agent’).

24a

Dignified government party (5)

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25a

Architectural design partner ultimately implicated in terrible tax abuse (5,4)

Generating...

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

An envelope (‘implicated in’) of R (‘partne R ultimately’) in BEAUXATS, an anagram (‘terrible’) of ‘tax abuse’.

26a

Computer-controlled electric vehicles put in reverse (5)

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27a

Most regular tastes die out (9)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘out’) of ‘tastes die’.

Down

1d

Extremely zany type of art and dance music (6)

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2d

Legal workers born outside the period 21 March to 19 April? (8)

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3d

Turn down official employment (6)

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4d

Meandering answer upset the top guy (7)

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5d

Suggest that, cryptically? (4,2)

Generating...

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

Wordplay in the answer (‘cryptically’): H IN TAT gives ‘that’.

6d

Chemist quick to hide damage (8)

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11d

Nothing good about scary character (4)

Generating...

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

A charade of O (‘nothing’) plus G (‘good’) plus RE (‘about’).

15d

Smoked meat to stuff inside fresh pitas (8)

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16d

Was dishonest and continued being heartless (4)

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18d

Scattered crop said to need regenerating (8)

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19d

Leads from computer equipment in case with a keyboard (7)

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21d

Tennessee introduces state bar (6)

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22d

Somewhat grotesque, alarming scream (6)

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23d

Fertiliser remains underneath garden container (6)

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