Guardian Cryptic #29884

2025-12-22

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1a

Furniture ultimately not fit for the task (5)

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[no]T + ABLE (fit for the task)

4a

Best sources of general revision before each exam (8)

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8a

Drunk escaping the bar for some downtime (9,5)

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10a

Stuff leaking from small sack (8)

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11a

Quick pasta sauce containing last bit of pepper (6)

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[peppe]R in PESTO

12a

Stickers have sides removed (9)

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15a

Drifts west after following the shoreline at first (5)

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First letters of West After Following The Shoreline

17a

I broadcast using code (5)

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The letter I is represented by India in the NATO alphabet, which is a kind of code, used in radio communication, hence “broadcast”

18a

New term describing trademark artist (9)

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19a

No storage unit had food (6)

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21a

Shrub in one area on cultivated plot (8)

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GARDEN + I + A

24a

Advantageous transformationfeature of AI? (14)

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25a

Put off expert rascal (8)

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26a

Mob surrounding old, nasty king (5)

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O in HERD

Down

1d

Underground sites of TV channels (4,8)

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2d

Flawed Lib Dems he transformed (9)

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3d

Praise one-time tax cut (5)

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4d

Examining some farrago in government (5,4)

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5d

Monster rising up thus (4)

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6d

Excellent place people often store underwear? (3-6)

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7d

Belts and items of footwear (5)

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9d

Instructed not to do business internally? (5-7)

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13d

Increasingly grand position beset by utter anarchy at its core (9)

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LIE (position, e.g. of a golf ball on the course) in STATE (utter) + the core of [ana]R[chy]

14d

Briefly outline a certain, pronounced issue (9)

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16d

One who likes embracing popular moneymaker? (9)

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20d

Flight from Bari, at sunset, heading north (5)

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22d

The end of poverty right away (5)

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DEARTH less R

23d

Was a rat seen in Los Angeles? (4)

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