Guardian Cryptic #29694

2025-05-14

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Across

8a
26a

By itself, the Yankee territory introduction of cruel capital punishment means nothing will be the same (3,5,4,3,1-8)

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9a

Extremely ostentatious about unpleasant smells (6)

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

[ extremely ] O (stentatiou) S about DOUR ("unpleasant")

10a
11a

Finally given by a cruel father: clothing, identity (4,3,7)

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11a

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12a

Come up with component for main ventilator (6)

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14a

Answer sailor for this way of washing (8)

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15a

Last year’s pilot to start in rapid part of air show (7)

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

L (ast) Y (ear's) P (ilot) [ to start ] in FAST ("rapid")

17a

Parochial urinals in a mess (7)

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20a

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22a

Beast stripped car held by church (6)

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23a
24a

Now or Christmas? (3,7,4)

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24a

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25a

Plaster almost stuck firm (6)

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26a

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Down

1d

Quiet type of music starts off nicely, ending loud with explosive bit (8)

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2d

Index heard in action under the table? (4)

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3d

Crash Philistine’s agreement (6)

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

I'M ("Philistine's") + PACT ("agreement")

4d

American starts to eat disgusting cold and raw banger (4,3)

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5d

Musician not on in London with Babyshambles (3,5)

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6d

Setter or solver’s terribly sultry (5,5)

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

YOUR ("solver's") + *(sultry) [anag: terribly ]

7d

As if by magic, Northern city’s not North (6)

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

PRESTO (n) ("Northern city"), not N (North)

13d

Trained spy team won’t take a step into the void (5,5)

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

*(spy tem) [anag: trained ] (where TEM is TE(a)M not taking A) + PACE ("step")

16d

Inspector could turn very sour (8)

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18d

Films regularly inspired by Shakespearean element (8)

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

(f) I (l) M (s) [ regularly ] inspired by (Mark) ANTONY ("Shakespearean" character)

19d

X interrupting frilly period of inactivity (7)

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21d

That content is covered by this arrangement for instruments (2-4)

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

(t) HA (t) [ content ] is covered by *(this) [anag: arrangement ]

22d

Rest shows up in discrepant accounting (6)

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24d

Simple wrap as temperature previously went up (4)

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

T (temperature) + <=AGO ("previously", went up)