Guardian Cryptic #29887

2025-12-26

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1a

Move work base away from Rink B? (4,6)

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6a

Computer plug, cheapest possible? (4)

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10a

Power to the Common People is not B (5)

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P(abbrev. for “power” in physics) + AIN’T(vernacular/dialectal/to the common people, form of “is not/isn’t”).

11a

What Met man uses elaborately to measure drops in the first instance address depth (9)

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

Anagram of ( elaborately ) [“to measure” minus ( drops ) 1st letter of ( in the first instance ) “ address ” + D(abbrev. for “depth”) ]. Defn:  … to measure how much rain:

12a

‘You shouldn’t have squeezed into hot Tube’having gone west, words to remember you by (7)

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TA(informal form of “thank you!” or “you shouldn’t have! “) contained in ( squeezed into ) reversal of ( … having gone west , in an across clue) [ H(abbrev. for “hot”) + PIPE(a tube used to covey fluid) ].

13a

Origin of our poetry’s American, like Browning’s land from Whitman’s? (7)

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

1st letter of ( Origin of ) “ our ” + VERSE(poetry) + A(abbrev. for things American). Defn: Like England, poet Robert Browning’s homeland in relation to America, poet Walt Whitman’s homeland.

14a

The stuff of myths cool dude assimilates well! (5,4)

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16a

Impressive jpeg? (4)

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20a

A big fan of messing about on it (4)

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21a

Unable to get off, recall vacuous Smiths album and vacuous lyrics (9)

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

Reversal of ( recall ) [ all inner letters deleted from( vacuous ) “ Smiths ” + ELPEE(or LP, abbrev. for a long playing record/album) plus ( and ) all inner letters deleted from ( vacuous ) “ lyrics ” ]. Defn: … to sleep.

24a

Side set back, fielding captain may employ it (3,4)

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Reversal of ( … back ) [ PART(an example of which is the left or right side of, say, an object) + GEL(to set/to solidify) ]. Answer: In cricket, a group of fielders placed close to the wicket on the leg side.

26a

Vietnam city taxi’s reversing place (3,4)

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27a

My intake is predominantly seeds, rum or vinegar (9)

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28a

One ‘i’ needs tittle for screening B (5)

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I(Roman numeral for “one”) + [ ’I’ contained in ( needs … for screening ) DOT(a tittle/a written dot to indicate omitted letters in a word) ]

29a

A bit of ‘Acol-ade’ as top bridge-player! (4)

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30a

B metal one owes to Spooner (4-6)

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

Spooner ism of [ “lead(a metallic chemical element) + “debtor”(one that owes a debt) ].

Down

1d

Go with a B (6)

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2d

Comic Sans 28, so-called (3-6)

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3d

Do better than B&B (8)

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Straight definition? Double definition?

4d

Fine and attractive B (5)

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5d

B almost alcohol free, usurping Independent in name (9)

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

Anagram of ( … free ) [ last letter deleted from ( almost ) “alcohol” ] replacing the ( usurping ) “I”(abbrev. for “Independent”) in “cite”(to name/to refer to).

7d

Stamp one’s taken from B (5)

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“impress”(to stamp/make a mark on something with pressure) minus ( … taken from ) “I’m”(“I am” or “one’s”, refering to oneself).

8d

B channel for bathing resort (8)

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9d

B flew ejector seats to the north (5)

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15d

B worker leaves trumpeter in shade (9)

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[“ant”(an social insect, one of whose castes is the worker) deleted from ( leaves ) “elephant”(an animal that makes a trumpeting sound/a trumpeter) ] contained in ( in ) TONE(a shade/a colour with regard to its comparative lightness or darkness).

17d

Flighty young woman is seduced by my beloved doom-merchant! (9)

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[ Reversal of ( Flighty /taking flight?/going up, in a down clue) MISS(a young unmarried woman) + IS] contained in ( seduced by ) PET(an endearment for “my beloved”/loved one).

18d

Brussels, say, put up B (8)

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Reversal of ( … up , in a down clue) [ EU(abbrev. for the European Union – Brussels is the de facto capital of, and hence synonymous with, the Union) + GO(to say, as in “They go “Hallelujah!” at the end”) + LAID(put down in position) ].

19d

Road travellers should be warned about this B&B (5,3)

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Straight definition?

22d

Receptacle where artist hides B (5)

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23d

B, though steep on incline (6)

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25d

Ruddigore creators initially introducing its lead character as B (5)

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

1st letters, respectively, of ( initially ) [Gilbert and Sullivan](creators of the comic opera, Ruddigore) containing ( introducing ) [ 1st letter of ( … lead character ) “ Ruddigore ” + AS ].

26d

Ill, being fed on B (5)

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