Guardian Cryptic #29812

2025-09-29

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1a

Two males wearing formal outfits for important meetings (7)

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

M M (two males) in SUITS (formal outfits)

5a

Operations bringing in nothing after April by the way (7)

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APR[ril] + OPS (operations) round O (nothing)

9a

Ace medical worker going round hospital when needed (2,3)

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A (ace) + DOC (medical worker) round H (hospital)

10a

Flexible item ruptured with holes (9)

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11a

Not playing around, sadly (10)

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12a

Somewhat wide-ranging segment of a recent Taylor Swift concert? (3)

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14a

Frustrated senior cops assigned to a job (12)

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18a

Fresh larvae, I guess, is a type of rich food (5,7)

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An anagram (fresh) of LARVAE I GUESS

21a

Standard role in film getting cut (3)

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22a

Animal rage freely flowing from execs (10)

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25a

Area up front usually needs to house fruit machine (9)

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26a

‘Ideal’ days ultimately never materialise before noon (5)

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27a

Trendy person extremely precocious in their performing (7)

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

P[recociou]S in an anagram (performing) of THEIR

28a

It’s a typical measurement, of course (7)

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Reference to a golf course: ‘the distance between the player’s ball and the target he is aiming for’.

Down

1d

American politician enthralled by science? This smells somewhat fishy(6)

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SCI (science) round A (American) MP (politician)

2d

Second broadcast includes hot material (6)

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MO (second) + AIR (broadcast) round H (hot)

3d

Provocative conclusion to column in popular church journal (10)

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[colum]N in IN (popular) + CE (church) + DIARY (journal) – great surface

4d

Hairdressing business regularly seen in small towns? (5)

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Alternate letters of S m A l L t O w N s

5d

Wild animals run off, covered in little insects (9)

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6d

Short Instagram video is genuine, we’re told (4)

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7d

Quality land (8)

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8d

Officials set to transform administrative districts (8)

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13d

Chief component of phone containing metal (10)

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15d

Stone coming from blast area, possibly (9)

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16d

Careless hit-and-run? (8)

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A neat charade of SLAP (hit) and RUN (dash)

17d

Go too far on the subject of rearing dogs, perhaps (8)

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19d

Pictures of clubs in Eastern Massachusetts (6)

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

A neat charade of C (clubs) + IN + E (Eastern) + MA (Massachusetts)

20d

Method of cooking meat in edges of fire? (6)

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23d

Endlessly uses a loudspeaker to give someone grief (5)

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24d

Piece in revolutionary multimedia issue (4)

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