Guardian Cryptic #29836

2025-10-27

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Across

8a

Device that examines and controls croupier’s odds (8)

Generating...

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

Alternate letters (‘odds’?) of ‘c O n T r O l S C r O u P i E r’.

9a

Leaving the Guardian to follow old backwards party (6)

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10a

Top came off (4)

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11a

Moving crazy shit (10)

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12a

Snag this Latin prize (6)

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14a

My French later turned out to be useful here (8)

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15a

Native Americans sent back soldier to get sauna treatment(7)

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17a

one that doesn’t cure hygiene problem on set (7)

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20a

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22a

Sway in to find guard (6)

Generating...

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

‘Sway in’ must be split into S plus ENTRY (-‘way in’).

23a

Sky shows song by Mercury? (10)

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24a
24d

Hogwash in barrel, although emptied twice (4,4)

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25a

Fix couple one more time (6)

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26a

Say Arab has a sense of self-importance (8)

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1d
21d

Present leg (8,6)

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2d

‘Man or Dogs’ passage read out (4)

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3d

Serving idiot regularly upset ballot (6)

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4d

Appreciated little protection for Malcolm, orphaned and left out (7)

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5d

Change tramline’s last stop (8)

Generating...

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

An anagram (‘change’) of ‘tramline’.

6d

American celebrity into abusing cocaine briefly (5,5)

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7d
18d

As a rule, a biro or otherwise can show a spectacular vision (6,8)

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13d

Wine and champagne to start erection? No! (10)

Generating...

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

A charade of C (‘ C hampagne to start’) plus HARD ON (‘erection’) plus NAY (‘no’).

16d

Perhaps true lady is being untrue (8)

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18d

See 7

19d

Politician marking time? Changing leaders would be smarter (7)

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21d

See 1

22d
20a

How to fob us off about a couple of advertisements causing little suspicion (6,2,1.5) (6)

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24d

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