Guardian Cryptic #29770

2025-08-11

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Across

1a

This may be an advantage when one is in court (4,5)

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6a

Into mug, start to spit part of tooth (4)

Generating...

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

[ start of ] S (pit) into CUP (“mug”)

8a

Churchman’s ticket home to Alabama (8)

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9a

Gatherings of heartless adults (6)

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10a

Left in high temperature, hot toast (6)

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

L (left) in HEAT (“high temperature”) + H (hot)

11a

Supposedly popular assumption (2,6)

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12a

Dick parking in Italian city (6)

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15a

Stride along and dare to jump about like a bloodhound (3-5)

Generating...

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

LOPE (“stride along”) + *(dare) [anag: to jump about ]

16a

Enormous wife going on one leg (8)

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19a

Excellent from end of tail to head (6)

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21a

Aircraft finally cancelled, chap sounding mournful (8)

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22a

Religiously set aside as hard to let (6)

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24a

Follower of Churchill emerges from battle, exhausted (6)

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25a

Holy book, short, was liable to be made longer (8)

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26a

Old city that attracted ten years of investment (4)

Generating...

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

The Trojan war lasted 10 years, according to “The Iliad”

27a

Vegetarian period of Cleopatra’s youth (5,4)

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Down

1d

The opposite of a long after-dinner speech? (5)

Generating...

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

GRACE is a short speech BEFORE dinner.

2d

Part of vehicle showing dirtpanic! (7)

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3d

Puppet hit the drink (5)

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

Triple definition

4d

I shall twice hide whiskey, out of spite (3,4)

Generating...

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

I’LL + I’LL (“I shall” twice ) hiding W (whiskey, in the NATO phonetic alphabet)

5d

Difficulty getting undergarment to reach stomach (5,4)

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6d

Infectious disease? Arrest her, is the call (7)

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7d

Batman say may be out of our sphere (9)

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13d

Pad raised armrest? (9)

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14d

Top-ranked tennis player, small and quiet (9)

Generating...

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

No.1 (“top-ranked”) + (Monica) SELES (former “tennis player”) + S (small)

17d

Ref’s decision may be fine (7)

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18d

Understand our team will recover (3,4)

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20d

On plate, toyed with mush (7)

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22d

Felt revulsion for wrong order for death (5)

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23d

Premonitions women silently suppress (5)

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