Guardian Cryptic #29670

2025-04-16

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Across

9a

Calligraphy item in kind, in a novel (6,3)

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10a

Leading recitalist performing party piece (5)

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11a

In English wood, church camp (7)

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12a

Leaves in hot water here? (7)

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13a

Neat cut (4)

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14a

Docker who has dieted? (10)

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

Punning definition.

15a

Dressage music (7)

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17a

As nice as Ritz’s top cocktail (7)

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

An anagram (‘cocktail’) of ‘ nica nice as’ plus R (‘ R itz’s top’).As is the chemical symbol for arsenic.

19a

Large lorry blocks topped vegetables (10)

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22a

Some school’s outing returning to capital (4)

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23a

Carriageway cover on isle’s complete, we’re told (7)

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24a

Novel medieval instrument starts to come apart (7)

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26a

Gem with inlay carved evenly (5)

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

Even letters (‘evenly’) of ‘i N l A y C a R v E d’. I would not describe NACRE, mother of pearl, as a ‘gem’.

27a

Agitated farm animal that is caught in snarled net (9)

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Down

1d

Listen cryptically getting the cold shoulder (6,9)

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2d

Looking up to notice on motorway telephone (8)

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3d

Step outside parts of Paris, France (4)

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4d

Row of churchwardens bearing oil here? (8)

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5d

Quick drawing of small sailing boat (6)

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6d

King in glasses waves (8)

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

An envelope (‘in’) of R ( rex , ‘king’) in BEAKERS (‘glasses’).

7d

Fit brief (6)

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8d

Actors marry dons around Highland county (4,3,8)

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16d

Incorporated paramour on easy street (2,6)

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17d

Cohort having trouble around middle of field on horseback (3,5)

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18d

Everyone knows feature is on island, out East (2,6)

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20d

Dress code first introduced in capital (6)

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

An envelope (‘introduced in’) of C (‘ C ode first’) in TUNIS (‘capital’ of Tunisia’). I am not happy with a plural answer here.

21d

Writer invested in dictionary as on first night? (6)

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25d

Call corporation endlessly (4)

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