Guardian Cryptic #29848

2025-11-10

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Across

5a

Keep changing position as witness, and did so previously (6)

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6a

Not totally anxious, having absorbed reasonable signs (6)

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9a

Stationed at border, feeling nervous (2,4)

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10a

You reportedly get irritated about son, or get worried (8)

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11a

Stressed being educated soundly (4)

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12a

Engage in an emotional farewell? It’s cliffhanging (5-3-2)

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13a

Statement of unrealistic nostalgia that makes one tense (4,7)

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18a

Incomparable time spent there, agitated (3,7)

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21a

Some quick coverage that is hammered home (4)

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22a

Religious text supporting parts of speech (8)

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23a

Cruel grown-up hiding food container (6)

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24a

Became uneasy in end and set off (6)

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25a

Chinese food has to be divided and returned in future, perhaps (3,3)

Generating...

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

WONTON="Chinese food", "divided" into two parts WON TON and then reversed/"returned"

Down

1d

Check about object, present for turning over in ongoing dispute (8)

Generating...

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

VET="Check" around END=objective="object", plus AT="present for" (e.g. at or present for an event) reversed/"turning over"

2d

Revelations, etc. not apparent in present, perhaps in future (6)

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3d

Cook focuses, eclipsing husband who’s inferior in kitchen? (4-4)

Generating...

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

anagram/"Cook" of (focuses)* around H (husband)

4d

Scientific genius of past or present century (6)

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5d

Polish a large kind of shoe (6)

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7d

Food for winter is laid up with a lot of beer (6)

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8d

Will indicates this, in contrast to 13 (6,5)

Generating...

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

a tense indicated using the word "Will" as in 'I will go"; and the future tense contrasting against the past tense in 13dn

14d

Speculations in article on products of mine one’s invested in (8)

Generating...

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

THE=definite "article" + ORES="products of [e.g. an iron] mine" with I="one" invested inside

15d

Uses a name time after timein past, present, and future (8)

Generating...

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

definition: not changing over time USES=exploits, manipulates, swindles=CONS; plus: A (from surface) + N (name) + T (time), after T (time)

16d

Need for drink after second shift in t-shirt (6)

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17d

Beat rivals, then beat rivals upthat’s separate (6)

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19d

Arrange flags around an old-fashioned dance (6)

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20d

Bans that are initially followed by audible disapproval (6)

Generating...

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

initial letters of T-[hat] A-[re]; plus BOOS="audible disapproval"