Guardian Cryptic #29806

2025-09-22

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Across

9a

Are strangely stressed and reserved (9)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Sort of acid, do you find me? Not at all (5)

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

A charade of AM I? (‘do you find me?’) plus NO (‘not at all’).

11a

Relative settles in to new town(7)

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

An envelope (‘settles in’) of AUNT (‘relative’) in ‘to’ plus N (‘new’).

12a

her husband has article needing a wash (7)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Heart ripped out of French town is horrible (4)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Not using pen the right way? (4-6)

flowerflowerflower
15a

Heart perhaps what will stop you playing any more (3,4)

flowerflowerflower
17a

Where choice food is brought back for pet to eat, all in a heap (5,2)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Make for senior teacher for such a direct confrontation (4-2-4)

flowerflowerflower
22a

A most reduced state (4)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Working dog, one with a cold perhaps (7)

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

Definition and literal interprtation.

24a

There’s the problem: I’ve lost all patience (5,2)

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26a

An order from duke: cut off Yorick’s extremities (5)

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

A charade of D (‘duke’) plus ‘[y]oric[k]’ minus its outer letters (‘cut off … extremities’). DORIC is an order of classical Greek architecture.

27a

From summit, all one can do is make concessions (5,4)

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

Definition and literal interpretation.

Down

1d

Fell off boat in Devonshire (tweet circulated) (4,4,3,4)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Older, but dreadfully worried (8)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Observe Ramadan ahead of time? (4)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Aggressive lad had Nikes for running about (8)

flowerflowerflower
5d

Notice gravy needs time to regulate (6)

flowerflowerflower
6d

What good fielder should do, covering every eventuality (5-3)

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

Definition and literal interpretation.

7d

Offer to retain information for part of engine (3,3)

flowerflowerflower
8d

No letter is ever printed in this (6-2,7)

flowerflowerflower
16d

Greasy spoon turned up in cooked tart, one hand-made (8)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Into the ground put a popular tropical crop (8)

flowerflowerflower
18d

Conflict died, I dream (8)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Area to change, incorporating one large cage (6)

flowerflowerflower
21d

Getting changed a chore for old poet (6)

flowerflowerflower
25d

A popular group, whichever way you look at it (4)

Generating...

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

A palindrome.