Guardian Cryptic #29636

2025-03-07

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Across

9a

Looking to the future, no boundaries for isolated farmstead (4-5)

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10a

Sounding surprised to be in Big Issue, initially showing faith (5)

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11a

Subscribe here to view wild depravity? Dire letters sent out (3,2)

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

anagram/”wild” of ( de p r av i ty)*, with the letters of “ Dire ” removed

12a

Boatman bargains in magazine (5,4)

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

theme/definition: Ideal Home is a home decorating magazine I DEAL=”Boatman bargains”, plus [at] HOME=”in”

13a

Hollow pine eggcup to end of balustrade where nails are visible (4-3)

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

definition: a peep-toe shoe would leave toenails visible edit to add wordplay, thanks to StuartW P-[in]-E E-[ggcu]-P, without inner letters/”Hollow”; plus TO (from surface) + end of [balustrad]-E

14a

Queries resolved in magazine (7)

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

theme/definition: Esquire is a men’s style magazine anagram/”resolved” of (Queries)*

17a

Good Housekeeping’s first to be incorporated: it’s a limited market (5)

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

theme: surface reference to Good Housekeeping magazine NICE=”Good”, with the “first” of H-[ousekeeping] incorporated inside

19a

This magazine made millions before our time (3)

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

theme/definition: Mad is a satirical magazine M (millions) + AD (anno domini, “ before our time”) edit thanks to rogergh

20a

In West Indies, USAid in disarray? (1-3-1)

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

US Aid is split with US as part of the definition, and Aid part of the wordplay definition: a phrase used in place of ‘ us ‘ / ‘we’ / ‘you and I’ in the West Indies anagram/”disarray” of (Aid in)*

21a

Magazine for more keen cycling (7)

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

theme/definition: Harper’s Magazine, a literary and political magazine SHARPER=”more keen”, cycling the first letter to the end

22a

Clue for item in magazine (4,3)

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24a

Association of spoof rapper with magazine and books (9)

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

ALI G=Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Ali G=”spoof rapper” [wiki] + NME=”magazine” + NT (New Testament, “books”) theme reference to NME the music magazine

26a
27d

Clue for this magazine (5,4)

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28a

Nothing to replace article dropped from unspecified magazine (5)

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

theme/definition: Vogue the fashion magazine V A GUE=”unspecified”, with O=”Nothing” to replace the dropped A =indefinite “article”

29a

Fever: any beds? Job cuts; trimmed on all sides and levelled (6,3)

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

[F]-EVE-[r] [a]-N-[y] [b]-ED-[s] [J]-O-[b] [c]-UT-[s], with the outer letters all removed i.e. “trimmed on all sides”

Down

1d

More than £1.50 for magazine (4)

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

definition, not quite like the other themers: “magazine” or CLIP referring to gun ammunition CLI is Roman numerals for 151, so CLI P = 151 P = 151 pence = £1.51 = “More than £1.50”

2d

Easy for text to include name fully, finally on magazine’s cover: this could get a gut reaction (6)

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

EZ=”Easy” in text-speak (“for text”), around N (name); plus [full]-Y finally; plus the outer letters/”cover” of M-[agazin]-E theme mention of “magazine” in the surface

3d

Magazine report to look into tax, on teletype even (7,3)

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

theme/definition: Private Eye the satirical magazine sounds like (“report”): ‘pry’=”look into”; plus VAT (value added “tax”); plus “even” letters of [t]-E-[l]-E-[t]-Y-[p]-E

4d

Covered by magazine soon enough (2,4)

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5d

Araucaria: say a dream that is gone, on dying (8)

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6d

Early victim of a brother’s envious loathing from the start (4)

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

definition: in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, Abel is killed by his jealous brother CAIN first/”start” letters from A B-[rother’s] E-[nvious] L-[oathing]

7d

Misrepresented no-one with hit news magazine (3,5)

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8d

Magazine is virtual, if excelling in visuals (4)

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

theme/definition: Life is a general interest magazine hidden in (“in visuals” or ‘seen in’): [virtua]-L IF E-[xcelling]

13d

Joke by foremost of cartoonists, second place in this magazine (5)

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

theme/definition: Punch, a magazine of humour and satire PUN=”Joke” plus first letter/”foremost” of C-[artoonists] and the “second” letter of [t]-H-[is]

15d

Inquirer Magazine: ‘Viz at last matures!’ I fall about (10)

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

theme reference to Q, a music magazine Q=”Magazine” + anagram/”fall about” of ( z matures I)*, with the z taken from Vi z “at last”

16d

Live as misogynist? Principally pointless (5)

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

[s]-EXIST=misogynist, without ‘s’, short for compass point South, at the beginning (“Principally point -less”)

18d

Surrey perhaps cold for Frenchman in union (8)

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

definition: a Surrey is a type of four-wheeled carriage [wiki] [ M ]-ARRIAGE=”union”, with C (cold) in the place of M (Monsieur, “Frenchman”)

19d

Boatman’s post allegedly went astray when picked up (8)

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22d

Magazine: ‘Rattle needs new arrangement’ (6)

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23d

One seen on a rostrum or a rock (6)

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

OR A (from surface) + TOR=”rock”

24d

A daily occurrence in Australia, witnessed in popular vote (4)

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25d

Perhaps wedge lifted root (4)

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27d

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