Guardian Cryptic #29854

2025-11-17

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Across

1a

Mutants staff vessel; what can be expected from amateurs? (13)

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10a

Not first class management of resources (7)

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11a

Floor covering as standard: I must leave without a sound (7)

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

PAR (standard) + QUIET (without a sound) less I

12a

Sketch doctor at back of ship (5)

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13a

Band made up for lumbar puncture (6,3)

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14a

Second trim not needed (5)

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16a

Make record of lower value (5,4)

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18a

Watch player taking first ball get a surprise (3-6)

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19a

Religious teacher, live in Westminster (5)

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AM (live, as in “I am”) in SW1 (postal area of the City of Westminster)

20a

Subscriptions cover board game for ladies (9)

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23a

Such a pushy mother, a Lily (5)

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24a

Enjoy following pet round, almost divine (7)

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25a

Midlander mum sort of tucks in to cheese (7)

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26a

Clearing mouth, look forward to public speaking (13)

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Down

2d

Pass on article for actor, a marble (9)

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3d

Without hesitation cock finds somewhere to sleep (5)

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ROOSTER less ER

4d

They make for painful viewing (5)

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5d

One will give you a bigger volume (9)

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… and another

6d

Hysterical people mess violently with carer (9)

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7d

One night in Montreal for Canadian perhaps (5)

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8d

Yesterday a dog disrupted starter’s orders (5,6,2)

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9d

The way I write journals for magistrates (13)

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ST (street, way) + I PEN DIARIES

15d

Often a short word liable to be deleted (9)

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Cryptic(ish) definition, alluding to the phrase “expletive deleted”, made famous by the redactions in the transcripts of Nixon’s White House tapes during the Watergate scandal

16d

Dishevelled and put out of breath, son cried (9)

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WIND (to put out of breath) + S[on] + WEPT

17d

Trump a Protestant? (9)

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21d

Book in secret language unknown (5)

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22d

Serious, therefore live right (5)

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23d

Financial arrangement to have confidence in (5)

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