Guardian Cryptic #29794

2025-09-08

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Across

1a

Force charged with protecting bird’s favourite perch (7,6)

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10a

Walkway twisting across road in inelegant fashion (9)

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11a

A dog takes a turn round small wood (5)

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

S in reverse of A LAB[rador]

12a

Follow it out of the bathroom? (5)

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EN SUITE (type of bathroom) less IT

13a

Very bad manager runs to get fit (9)

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14a

Our neighbour’s quiet, not loud, frolics (7)

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

FRANCE (the UK’s geographical neighbour) with F (loud) replaced by P (quiet)

16a

Random mixture from artist taken by partner to Wells (7)

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18a

Barrier’s a source of annoyance? (7)

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20a

A book to do crosswords, free (7)

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21a

Preferring food additive left out (9)

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FLAVOURING less L

23a

Some Americans are jerks (5)

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24a

In group of musicians nobody is on time (5)

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25a

Maker of figures perhaps carrying out trick with ease (3-6)

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26a

Making aggressive threats sent Gibraltar wild (5-8)

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Down

2d

Fish with rodit’s comparatively plain (9)

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3d

Desperately want to be less than wholly cowardly (5)

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4d

Speak to a daughter over clothes (7)

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5d

Herb damaged by a flea (3,4)

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6d

Yellowish fat said to be ingredient of perfume (9)

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7d

Is one’s fame brief? (5)

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8d

Perhaps polyurethane demonstration interrupting work in garden (13)

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9d

Forced to check size of such clothes? (4-2-7)

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15d

For example, copper’s behaviour regularly poor (9)

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

CONDUCT (behaviour) + alternate letters of pOoR; copper is a good conductor of electricity

17d

From Northern town, heading off for cemetery (9)

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A beheaded DARLINGTON, giving the US military cemetery in Virginia

19d

With instruction I improve a little more if I decide to turn up (7)

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20d

A nutmeg prepared to grow larger (7)

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22d

Plant initially valued by old Peruvian (5)

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

V[alued] + INCA – an easy clue for a word I didn’t know: it’s the periwinkle genus

23d

Burden borne by large countryman (5)

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