Guardian Cryptic #29674

2025-04-21

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Across

5a

Marsupial’s origin? Australian territory, principally (6)

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WOMB (origin) + first letters of Australian Territory

6a

Walk round hospital to get suture (6)

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H in TREAD

9a

What’s in this shoe? I don’t believe it! (2,4)

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10a

Rare event in field that may involve a couple of ducks (3,5)

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When a bowler gets a hat trick in cricket, at least two of the batters will have scored a duck. Thanks to several commenters who point out that this is not necessarily the case. The clue says “may involve” so Vulcan gets a pass, even if I don’t.

11a

The country of Somalia? (4)

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12a

The port of Salerno? (3,7)

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13a

Fierce cat: it chewed an official document (11)

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18a

Deny island is to be converted into theme park (10)

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21a

A sign to leave the auditorium (4)

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Pretty much a straight definition

22a

A fool and an unruly youth become troubled (8)

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A GIT (fool) + A TED (Teddy Boy, unruly youth)

23a

Intelligent means of applying pressure to Conservative (6)

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24a

Uniform not recorded by railway (6)

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25a

After time children’s author is cheap (6)

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1d

I’m at Alabama city and I’m not moving (8)

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I’M + MOBILE (city in Alabama)

2d

Dolly’s role, performing (6)

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3d

After riot her moving, initially calm, speech (8)

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(RIOT HER)* + C[alm]

4d

For this study several years, or sixty minutes (6)

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5d

Two rhymes for say ‘ambush’ (6)

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7d

Daughter putting topping on cake and cutting it up? (6)

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8d

Workers’ appearance for informal vote (4,2,5)

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14d

Film, plays, and a party (3,5)

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15d

Sickness noted away from centre in Egyptian city once (3,5)

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NoteD less its centre in THEBES

16d

Mendelssohn’s caveman? (6)

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A reference to Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal’s Cave after the geological feature on the Isle of Staffa

17d

Better years for glad rags (6)

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19d

Time to drop into unpretentious local (6)

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T in NAIVE

20d

Rule at Christmas? Stop scratching! (6)

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