Guardian Cryptic #29950

2026-03-10

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5a

That island repeatedly disturbed this island (6)

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Anagram of THAT + twice I[sland]

6a

Person distributing shares is fraudster if doubly so (6)

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A fraudster is a double dealer

9a

Shade in US area, with same again for state (8)

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COLOR (US spelling of colour, shade) + A[rea] + DO (ditto, the same again)

10a

More than once, clumsily handle fruit (6)

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PAW (handle clumsily) twice

11a

Bear what is ridicule if repeated (4)

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Winnie the Pooh, and to ridicule is to pooh-pooh

12a

Replacement notices changed as one result of twice dividing (10)

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13a

Cheat producing score in old notation (6-5)

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A score is 20, which is XX (two crosses) in Roman numerals, an “old notation”

18a

Initially beat a retreat, then once more in German town (5-5)

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B[eat] A DEN (retreat), twice

21a

Good argument for double, for example (4)

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22a

Reveal 13 (6)

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23a

With it in audition, one most like to make others double up (8)

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W[ith] + IT + I (one) in TEST (audition)

24a

Continent reflected about multinational group in hot spots (6)

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UN (international group) in SA (South America) and its “reflection”

25a

Doppelgänger translated from writer in German (6)

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Down

1d

Traintrain endlessly, train endlessly (4-4)

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2d

Secures in carriage, sandwiched between twin sons (6)

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TRAP (a horse-drawn carriage) in two S[on]s

3d

Once more show up a rep being doubly wrong (8)

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Two different anagrams of A REP

4d

Lost opportunity in double withdrawal (4,2)

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5d

Moreover, encored excessively (3-3)

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TOO (moreover) twice; “excessively” as in Hamlet’s “O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,” though that doesn’t use a hyphen

7d

Indication of ‘again’ verbally supported by a boy, and why (6)

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RE (as a prefix, an indication of “again”) + A SON

8d

Reaffirmed commitment, thus made pillow much softer (7,4)

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If you double the amount of down in a pillow then it would be softer

14d

Nobel Laureate who lyrically discouraged doublethink (3,5)

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A reference to the 1962 Bob Dylan song “ Don’t think twice, it’s all right ”, which was the B side of “Blowin’ in the Wind”

15d

New members of team reorganised Sing Sing (8)

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16d

Guardian etc. added section about double (6)

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17d

Second person on computer is chasing kitty (6)

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19d

Reprimand making one sad or scared, losing headit’s even worse in stereo? (6)

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A headless TEARFUL or FEARFUL – not sure about the “worse in stereo” bit

20d

Silly assit follows direction repeatedly (6)

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