Guardian Cryptic #29801

2025-09-16

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Across

9a

1970s clothing not very good on idiot (4,5)

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10a

Coral island where first twelve characters left (5)

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

A TO L (the first twelve letters of the alphabet) + L

11a

Wild stunt by footballer taking out centre (7)

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

F[ootballe]R + ANTIC (a stunt)

12a

Terminations from Iago and avengement, what do we have here then? (7)

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

Last letters of iagO and avengemenT plus HELLO (what do we have here?), and the whole clue could be a desciption of the play

13a

See 22

14a

Charitable fund-raiser perhaps having bagged £0, mountain to climb at first (10)

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

BEN (a mountain to climb) + O L (zero pounds, £0) in EVENT (a fund-raiser, perhaps)

15a

Banks after bullion in French city (7)

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17a

Company entertained by short film from Hitchcock, pioneer of broadcasting (7)

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19a

Grouse beater’s work done then? Got you! (3,5,2)

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22a
13a

‘Latest’ read by anchors reviewedhere? (8)

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23a

Describe Scottish island to the west, only outsiders on there (7)

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

Reverse of ARRAN + T[her]E

24a

Undo chain? I can having escaped after wriggling, as escapologist (7)

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

Anagram of UNDO CHAIN I less CAN

26a

Somewhat horny, a large antelope (5)

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27a

Washerwoman’s Sunset Strip strip? (9)

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Down

1d
4d

No lady really keeping warm while cold down there? (3,3,4,3,2,8)

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2d

Aunt’s loo rebuilt for population of ghost town? (3,1,4)

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

(AUNT’S LOO)*

3d

Jam stain (4)

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4d

See 1

5d

A positive picked up on the beach? (6)

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6d
17d

Do that and don’t talk dirty! (4,4,5,3)

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7d

Rank, porky dog (6)

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8d

Most gory Horrible Histories told, and brilliant after disembowelment (15)

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

Anagram of HISTORIES TOLD B[rillian]T

16d

South vanishing from US state, country sawn in halfas if by magic! (8)

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

ALASKA less S + half of ZAMbia

17d

See 6

18d

Row in divorce city blowing upfunny (3-5)

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

LINE (row) in reverse of RENO (US city famous as a divorce venue); “funny” as the definition is a noun: “he told a funny”

20d

Aware about mark suggesting slip, something unpleasant found in canal? (6)

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21d

Flush lavatory, emptying beneath plane (6)

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

EVEN (plane) + L[avator]Y – rather a weak clue as “flush” and “plane” have the same meaning, to the extent that the parsing would work either way round; though the lavatorial surface perhaps redeems it a little

25d

Tongue inside your dungarees (4)

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