Guardian Cryptic #29724

2025-06-18

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Across

1a

Wife and boy with it reflected on prayera bore? (5,4)

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

<=(W (wife) + LAD (“boy”) with IT , reflected ) on AVE (“prayer”)

6a

Key in order (4)

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8a

North African city where old lady has hooked on bustle (8)

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

MA (“old lady”) has hooked ON + STIR (“bustle”) Monastir is a tourist resort on the Tunisian coast.

9a

Nettle stuffed in codpiece? That would take some beer! (6)

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10a

On the masculine side, ‘e has underwear sent back (6)

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

<=(E has TANGA (thong-like “underwear”), sent back )

11a

Unidentified flying salesmen! (8)

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12a

Behaviour evident in wearing boxers, say (6)

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15a

Sticky liquid in second bevy? (8)

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16a

Goddess tours Italian city where Rosemary and Basil live? (8)

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19a

Being somewhat different, it yields (6)

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21a

Underwear for Gordon Bennett! (8)

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22a

Hat within reach after article removed from case (6)

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

BY (“within reach”) after TR I (a) L (“case”) with A (article) removed

24a

Fruity thing like that in 21 (6)

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25a

Arrive elsewhere, we having reversedallowing vision that way? (4-4)

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26a

Crack in bottom discussed? (4)

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27a

Tidiness, a new clean (9)

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Down

1d

Third of hornets extracted from swarm in underwear (5)

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2d

Fashion once more in range, take out corsets (2,5)

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3d

Drink less carbonated, extremely deficient (5)

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

(f) LATTE (r) (“less carbonated”, deficient in its extreme letters)

4d

A fellow muttonhead in NASA, say? (7)

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5d

Among relatives, Elfin male or female in pants, lady originally covered up (2,7)

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6d

Excitement with hero oddly in drawers (7)

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

H (e) R (o) [ oddly ] in TILLS (cash “drawers”)

7d

Cleric having pinched smalls, one most proper (9)

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

PRIEST (“cleric”) having pinched S + S (smalls) + I (one)

13d

The whole world on land, a lake drained somehow (3,3,3)

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

ON + *(land a le) [anag: somehow ] where LE is L(ak)E [ drained ]

14d

Rank greatness in officers (9)

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17d

Tool male grasped (7)

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18d

Orchestra conducted, led by a humbled player (4-3)

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

LSO (London Symphony “Orchestra”) + RAN (“conducted”) led by A

20d

One wearing the brief underwear – 21, did you say? (7)

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

I (one) wearing THE + [ brief ] VES (t) (“underwear”) Thieves nick things, so are NICKERS (a homophone of the solution to 21ac).

22d

Brown, like baby clothes … . (5)

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23d

with babe’s rear in underwear and daughter in bloomers, say (5)

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

(bab) E [ ‘s rear ] in BRA (“underwear”) + D (daughter)