Guardian Cryptic #29833

2025-10-23

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Across

8a

Cook left a cut roasting on for well done (15)

Generating...

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

An anagram (cook) of L (left) + A CUT ROASTING ON

9a

Tried to wander next to street (6)

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10a

Herb is strangely arrogant (8)

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11a

Cut off a story by Nathaniel (8)

Generating...

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

A LIE (a story) + NATE (Nathaniel)

12a

Pivotal line about yogic sacred syllable principles (6)

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13a

Beat young animal with a stone (7)

Generating...

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

LAMB (young animal) + A ST (stone)

16a

Both sides of appeal studied by Yankee beforehand (7)

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19a

Sailor leans back in descent with rope (6)

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21a

Appeal from cleaner is oddly mean (8)

Generating...

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

CHAR (cleaner) + IS + odd letters of MeAn

24a

Campaigner is unusually scared about game (8)

Generating...

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

An anagram (unusually) of SCARED round R[ugby] U[nion – game

25a

Annoy weed (6)

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26a

Hates John’s views about person calling round uninvited? (8,7)

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Down

1d

Jog up and I will start to arrange food (8)

Generating...

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

A reversal (up, in a down clue) of TROT (jog) + I’LL + A[rrange]

2d

Disregard unsettled region (6)

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3d

Arrived with artist to get photographic equipment (6)

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4d

Doctor hurt ref to a greater degree (7)

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5d

Hot tune and dancesomething coming out of Cats? (8)

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6d

Conclude Flipper is inhaling a line and another drug (8)

Generating...

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

FIN (flipper) + IS round A L (a line) + E (another drug)

7d

Pass on knowledge to popular student group (6)

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14d

Remade blouses to include core of rayon as response to sign of cold (5,3)

Generating...

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

An anagram (remade) of BLOUSES round raYon – said to someone who has just sneezed

15d

Upset about LA pub food offering (5,3)

Generating...

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

SAD (upset) round LA (Los Angeles) + BAR (pub)

17d

Ruin his model arrangement (8)

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18d

One playing with a carbon lock (7)

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20d

Island carried nothing (6)

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22d

After middle of day release relative (6)

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23d

One with new shelter finding purpose (6)

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