Guardian Cryptic #29798

2025-09-12

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Across

4a

Container housing a paper garment (6)

Generating...

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

Insertion of A (from the clue) + FT (paper – Financial Times) into CAN (container)

6a

Has she exploded, having swallowed explosive drug? (8)

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9a
19d

One beating old ageran twice! (6,6)

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10a

Plant physics unit in e.g. Dorset (8)

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11a

Useful home device when a person is out (11)

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15a

Repeating liturgy, first to last, with a part of the Bible (7)

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17a

As orderly patients may be dealt with, said US medical student (7)

Generating...

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

soundalike of “in turn” (how orderly patients may be dealt with) This spelling is in Chambers in brackets under the better known INTERN as “also N.Am”

18a

Behave frivolously, ditching what could be hard and onerous (5,6)

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22a

The fellow surprisingly genial as a philosopher (8)

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23a

Brazilian dance seeing off a Greek character (6)

Generating...

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

deletion of A (seeing off A) from LAMBADA (the Brazilian dance)

24a

Skilful mum unsmilingly disposing of last of children (8)

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25a

Some rock in church service, followed by a poem (6)

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Down

1d

Fellow hugging the Parisian tree (6)

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2d

Mineral from Spanish region found in mine, bottom of mine (10)

Generating...

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

insertion of ARAGON (Spanish region) found in PIT (mine) + E (bottom of minE) for this mineral – another new word but fairly clued.

3d

Goods trendy chaps dumped in street (8)

Generating...

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

insertion of HIP (trendy) MEN (chaps) in ST (street)

4d

Column has one Scottish flower put up in club maybe (8)

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

Insertion of I TAY (one Scottish flower – the Tay is a Scottish river) < (put up – reversed in a down clue) in CARD (club maybe)

5d

Ruined female occupying one outbuilding (8)

Generating...

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

charade of F (female) IN (occupying) I (one) SHED (outbuilding)

7d

Irishman taking a very long time to cross island (4)

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8d

See 16

12d

Model wasting time with friend acting as old man (10)

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13d

Ancient weapon with which a Scottish detective protects Queen (8)

Generating...

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

insertion of QU (queen) in A (from the clue) REBUS (Scottish detective – series from Ian Rankin) for what was an early gun , apparently, another jorum for me.

14d

Star about to confront theologian, fighting fellow (3,5)

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16d
8d

Sick, beset by pains, the chap with little energy left showing fatal weakness (8,4)

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19d

See 9 Across

20d

One companion and another having hesitation (4)

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21d

English and American soldiers providing protection in Washington (4)

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