Guardian Cryptic #29800

2025-09-15

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Across

1a

One saluting domestic appliance (7)

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5a

Displaces excited radicals (7)

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9a

Playwright messed up bins having taken drug (5)

Generating...

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

*(bins) [anag: messed up ] having taken E (ecstasy, so "drug")

10a

Rig total I revised for one arguing in court (9)

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11a

Safe house Andrew keeps doctor in (4,3,3)

Generating...

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

HOME ("house") + ANDY (Andrew) keeps Dr. (doctor) in

12a

Unusual drink (3)

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14a

Colonel overcome by awful toothache gets soothing drink (3,9)

Generating...

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

Col. (colonel) overcome by *(toothache) [anag: awful ]

18a

Teaches ceramicist and nerd perhaps (12)

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21a

Receive guests regularly (3)

Generating...

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

G (u) E (s) T (s) [ regularly ]

22a

Offensive cold saunas destroyed (10)

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25a

Strengths of a flipping politician one secures (9)

Generating...

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

A + [ flipping ] Lib. (Liberal, so "politician") + I (one) + TIES ("secures")

26a

Children nicked revolving piece for target (5)

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27a

Sister upset about German cat (7)

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28a

Empty dairy next to foul house (7)

Generating...

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

[ empty ] D (air) Y next to NASTY ("foul")

Down

1d

Heads of trade and industry caught hiding illegal practice from China (3,3)

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2d

Adopt donkey and flipping bird (6)

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3d

Equivalent sum found by worker after time (10)

Generating...

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

AMOUNT ("sum") found by ANT ("worker") over T (time)

4d

Food store upset after second bit of produce is put out (5)

Generating...

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

<=DELI ("food store", upset ) after [ second bit of] (p) R (oduce)

5d

Extreme engineering tutors met (9)

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6d

Calls heartless doctors (4)

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7d

Reveal holiday rash (8)

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8d

Son has neater grass cutter (8)

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13d

Way budget shows self-restraint (10)

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15d

Such panic upset monkeys (9)

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16d

Deer encountering initially noisy insect is motionless (8)

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17d

Distant object is old coin (8)

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19d

Issues NEWS(6)

Generating...

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

NEWS stands for North, East, West and South, so POINTS of the compass.

20d

Missing smoker’s accessory Henry dropped (6)

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23d

Edged in this way entering study backwards (5)

Generating...

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

<=(SO ("in this way") entering DEN ("study"), backwards )

24d

Summon spectacle for auditors (4)

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