Guardian Cryptic #29740

2025-07-07

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9a

Fish having round tongue (5)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Mobile home, not, unfortunately, very close to lake (2,3,4)

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

*(home not) [anag: unfortunately ] + V (very) + [ close to ) (lak) E

11a

Quite unresponsive, Tom needs a restorative (9)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Was a programmer from Delaware into fish? (5)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Depressed old fellow clutching jerry can (7)

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

COVE ("old" word for "fellow") clutching *(can) [anag: jerry ] I don't see how jerry which is a diminutive of German could be used as an anagrind?

15a

Backfiring jokes about how to be humiliated (5,2)

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

[ backfiring ] <=PUNS ("jokes") about HOW

17a

Players shivering, etc in zero temperature (5)

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

*(etc) [anag: shivering ] in O (zero) + T (temperature)

18a

Almost fail to return for Mass (3)

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

<=BOM [ to return ], where BOM is [ almost ] BOM(b) ("fail")

20a

Army store reported (5)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Kalahari’s flies? (7)

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

DESERT'S ("Kalahari's"), a definition by example

25a

Knowing Charlie’s an insolent American (4-3)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Showy floor wood (5)

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

Fl. (floor) + ASH ("wood")

27a

City’s name Rex inscribed in fancy beer mug (9)

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

N (name) + R (Rex) inscribed in *(beer mug) [anag: fancy ]

30a

After a month, oxygen added to Michael’s anaesthetic (9)

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

After Nov. (November, so "a month"), O (oxygen) added to (Michael) CAINE

31a

Unacceptable lament of batsman out on 99? (3,2)

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Down

1d

Alliance head: ‘Keir’s first to go!’ (4)

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

BLOC (k) ("head") with K(eir) [ 's first ] to go

2d

Feeling elected court bears up fools (8)

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

IN ("elected") + Ct. (court) bears NITS ("fools", up )

3d

See 28

4d

Feature of a forest’s warning device light (8)

flowerflowerflower
5d

They smoke a lot (6)

flowerflowerflower
6d

British, these cold spreads that cover kippers (10)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Glorious, glorious leader from an earlier age (6)

flowerflowerflower
8d

Doctor, what’s that you said about crush? (4)

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

<=(Dr. (doctor) + EH ("what's that you said"), about )

13d

Large group that flies by day (5)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Disturbing repercussion of dessert wine (10)

flowerflowerflower
16d

Smooth out papers (5)

flowerflowerflower
19d

Note the possible risks of webcast with a nerd (2,6)

flowerflowerflower
21d

Men are unlikely leading chemical testers (8)

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

*(are) [anag: unlikely ] leading GENTS ("men")

23d

Celeb on Viagra initially needs energy fast! (6)

flowerflowerflower
24d

Brightened up by books aimed at tabloid readers? (6)

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

Lit. (literature) aimed at SUN ("tabloid") readers would be SUNLIT

26d

Establish nothing’s left to finance (4)

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

O (nothing) has left F (o) UND ("establish")

28d
3d

Brummie’s shot crooked landlord! (4,4)

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29d

Go north of the border for party (4)

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

GANG is a Scots word for "go", so "go, north of the border"