Guardian Cryptic #29750

2025-07-18

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Across

4a
5d

Too dry to wear something up top (2,4)

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

TT (teetotal – dry) in (to wear) A HAT (something up top)

6a
10a

One man’s name and number being ill-directed? (8,8)

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9a

I’ll take badgers a drink (3,3)

flowerflowerflower
10a

See 6

11a

Fish with it: rivers matter (11)

flowerflowerflower
15a

A near-Earth asteroid with the coordinates of comms facility (7)

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17a

Code bearer carries refined poet’s words along parts of canal (7)

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

DNA (code bearer) round U (refined) + ODE (poet’s words)

18a

Birth to 2-year-old & 9+-year-old groups look to be excluded from these (3-8)

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

Please see DuncT @4

22a
24a

Briefly horrible, honking smell at source? (8,8)

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23a

Repair 75% of car light bulbs (6)

flowerflowerflower
24a

See 22

25a

Understood terms have not been taken in (2,4)

flowerflowerflower

Down

1d

Brand new university appointee’s mislaid cope (4,2)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Predator plunges medic upside down into Löwenbräu? (4-6)

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

A reversal (upside down, in a down clue) of DIPS (plunges) DR (medic) in BIER (Löwenbräu?)

3d

Prepares for engagement feast and stocks reserves (6,2)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Carmen playing in top theatre is inspired? Mercury seen to rise in it? (1,5,2,3,5)

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5d

See 4

7d

One leading Kurds from the south can unite (4)

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

K[urds] + a reversal (from the south) of TIN (can)

8d

We’re not for feeding easy answers from the floor (4)

flowerflowerflower
12d

Forgetting conflict, rather wary about part of army set (2,3,5)

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13d
14d

Weaver locked in cell since not entirely religious event of 1819 (8,8)

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14d

See 13

16d

Coke woman’s snorting up features in Scottish tour (3,5)

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

A reversal (up) of SHE’S (woman’s) round COLA (coke)

19d

Virgin hunted down in reception (6)

flowerflowerflower
20d

What’s at #20 – with missing humouris ___ (4)

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

Please see DuncT @4

21d

Left downtrodden, 20 writer does object to worship (4)

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

L (left) after (downtrodden) I DO (this – answer to 20dn – writer does)