Guardian Cryptic #29671

2025-04-17

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Across

8a

Heaven is found in March (8)

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9a

Oscar for each adult musical drama (5)

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10a

Deftly remove odd pieces of jambalaya (4)

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

1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th letters ( odd pieces of ) deleted from ( remove … ) “ jambalaya ”.

11a

Finds extra strangely spellbound (10)

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12a

Supports couples (6)

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14a

Grannie’s distributed profits (8)

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15a

Driller of hollow is finally spent? (7)

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

DENT(a hollow/a cavity) + IS + last letter of ( finally ) “ spent ”. Defn: One who drills into your teeth, in which there might by cavities too.

17a

Easy to read stage direction involving one boy leaving initially (7)

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

[LEG(a stage/section of a journey or process, say, a competition) + E(abbrev. for “east”, direction towards where the sun rises on the horizon)] containing ( involving ) [ I(Roman numeral for “one”) + 1st letters, respectively, of ( … initially ) “ boy leaving ”].

20a

Complete halt for period in US (4,4)

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22a

Limited penalty limiting appeal (6)

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23a

Favourite Prince quotation (10)

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24a

Repress expression of surprise by king (4)

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

COR!(an expression of surprise) plus ( by ) K(abbrev. for “king”, as in chess notation). Defn: …./to restrain, as in “to cork up your feelings about …”)

25a

Love unaltered in Spring (5)

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26a

Charms enclosed by hotel workers (8)

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Down

1d

Pack carried drug to festival (8)

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2d

Reluctant to exert oneself putting axis in place (4)

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3d

Opening greeting by you and I (6)

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4d

Out of date book excited (7)

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5d

Keep prisoner present (8)

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6d

Sense clarity (10)

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7d

Pat returning, say, grand to scoundrel (3,3)

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13d

Mollusc lifts cute waving horns at first (10)

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

Anagram of ( … waving ) LIFTS CUTE + 1st letter of ( … at first ) “ horns ”.

16d

Ridiculeit arises unexpectedly (8)

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18d

On fire and irate about women of letters? (8)

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19d

Critics pan nerd clutching tool (7)

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21d

Displace happy Aussie native over time (6)

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

UP(happy, in contrast to down/sad) + ROO(short for “kangaroo”, an animal native to Australia) placed above ( over , in a down clue) T(abbrev. for “time”).

22d

Rob’s coat (6)

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24d

Nail Conservative principle (4)

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