Guardian Cryptic #29765

2025-08-05

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Across

5a

Show advertiser dog (6)

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6a

More than one dog pants (6)

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9a

Report of standard weapon (6)

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10a

Order contains coercive measure (8)

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11a

Fat dog on lead in fact (4)

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12a

Cobra peeps out, seeing Rover? (5,5)

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

definition: e.g. a lunar rover or a Mars rover anagram/”out” of (Cobra peeps)*

13a

The cat peers out, studying spaniel? (8,3)

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18a

Locum excited, so seductive? (10)

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21a

Dog’s dinner? (4)

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22a

Banker heading for jail with Sunak once and Johnson (1,1,6)

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

definition: American investment banker [wiki] heading / first letter of J-[ail]; plus PM (Prime Minister e.g. Rishi “Sunak once”); plus “Johnson” as slang for ‘penis’=ORGAN

23a

Paul’s holding dog backtemper! (6)

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

definition: “temper” as a verb that can mean to adjust or modify MY=this crossword setter’s=”Paul’s”; around/holding FIDO=name for a “dog” reversed/”back”

24a

Yapper, lurcher’s head bitten by parasite (6)

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

first/head letter of L-[urcher]; inside TAKER=”parasite”

25a

Articulation of feeling for money (6)

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Down

1d

Great sacrifices at imperial French city (8)

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2d

Crime clear, set up for court action (6)

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3d

Clues: dogs (8)

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4d

Dog cluer? (6)

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5d

Dog solver (6)

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

not sure, perhaps a double definition: a beagle is a dog, and beagle can mean ‘a spy’ so an investigator/solver?

7d

Clue: solvers’ dog (6)

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

SCOOBY, as in ‘Scooby-Doo’, is rhyming slang for “Clue” in television, Scooby-Doo is a cartoon dog who accompanies a group of mystery solvers

8d

Seller with key, say, a geezer (6,5)

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

E (“key” in music) + STATE=”say” + A GENT=”a geezer”

14d

Ceiling plastered with resin initially more sticky (8)

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

anagram (“plastered” is slang for ‘drunk’); plus initial letter of R-[esin]

15d

Awfully nice dog nips rear of postman, getting letters mixed up? (8)

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

anagram/”Awfully” of (nice dog)*; around rear letter of [postma]-N

16d

Dog fed old cracker (6)

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17d

Dog lover has female kennelled (6)

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

WOOER=”lover”, around F (female)

19d

Dog, spaniel (6)

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20d

Complain loudly when first of youths ‘it ‘ard? (6)

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

first letter of Y-[ouths]; plus [h]-AMMER=[h]-it [h]-ard when dropping aitches