Guardian Cryptic #29699

2025-05-20

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Across

1a

Obtained tea using sneaky trick (6)

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5a

Ladies maybe into uncouth sort? It’s very revealing (3,3)

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8a

Obvious hiding place for one sick individual (7)

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

PATENT (obvious) round I (one)

9a

Strengthen couple in the lead (5,2)

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11a

Bureau run by substantial type suited to command? (7,8)

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12a

Consider cycling to find birds (4)

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

MUSE (consider) with the letters cycled – we seem to be having a lot of this kind of clue lately

13a

Mad family is an accident waiting to happen (6,4)

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17a

Attending twice with some soothing words (5,5)

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

THERE (attending) twice

18a

Wound from cleaning out septic abductor (4)

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20a

Hate one minister whipped up delivering such motivational guff? (6,2,1,2,4)

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23a

Complex mix seen as source of rigid compilers’ code (7)

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24a

Audacity works to build careers (7)

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25a

Announces data about Europe (6)

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26a

Defeated and cut (3,3)

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Down

2d

Flat perhaps with no air left? (3,2,4)

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3d

Tightly grip uncle’s French armchair in the middle (6)

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4d

Result of following US subject (9)

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5d

Begin looking into building really attractive sign (5)

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6d

Blubber when a few halt getting thrown out (5,3)

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

An anagram (when getting thrown out) of A FEW HALT

7d

Somewhat cute ritual places we’ve all been in originally (5)

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8d

Characteristic strain suffered when buying a house (8,3)

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10d

Radar sees two of them (11)

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RADAR and SEES are both palindromes

14d

Granules I melted to make carrier (3,6)

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

An anagram (melted) of GRANULES I

15d

Dismissed as soon as it started (6,3)

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16d

Belt tune out when high on this narcotic stuff? (5,3)

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19d

Little support for home force arrival (6)

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21d

Chap contributes some rising system measurements (5)

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22d

Only half of Cannes gets cosy housing (5)

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