Guardian Cryptic #29957

2026-03-18

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8a

Halve our shuttle service (8)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Appropriate names acquired by a partner in the past (5)

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

Two N[ame]s in A EX (partner in the past)

10a

Having no end to continental shelf is an advantage (4)

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LEDGE (shelf) less [continenta]L

11a

Side with health arrangement for capsule protection? (4,6)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Accepted company is failing (6)

flowerflowerflower
14a

Bent aide put off protecting territorial head (8)

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T[erritorial] in (AIDE PUT)*

16a

Get through Don’s confiscated article (7)

flowerflowerflower
18a

Dishevelled, drunk, empty? Dry out! (7)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Musical stagehand’s lock retainer (8)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Power failure abroad goes on a long time (6)

flowerflowerflower
24a

Diagram maker matches its bends (10)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Lawyersouthern kind (4)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Forced to dispose of top cut (5)

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

DRIVEN (forced) less its first letter. Some might think this would only work for a down clue, but “top” can mean something that comes first, so I think it’s ok

28a

Husband: stuffy, with nothing up top (8)

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H[usband] + AIRLESS

Down

1d

King’s is turned by informer (8)

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To Turn King’s EVIDENCE is to testify as an accomplice or informer

2d
5d

With which to get into a house, say on the house? (4,4)

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

Not sure, but I think this is just an extended definition, playing on two different uses of “house”

3d

Sound at heart if at home (6)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Scruffy type’s flab spread with age (7)

flowerflowerflower
5d

See 2

6d

Medic in ground with TNT charge (10)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Food shop with cross on top of entrance, elevated and barred (6)

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

Reverse of DELI + X (cross) + E[ntrance]

13d

Engrave ‘swell’ over end of the combine? (10)

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

INTER (to bury, en-grave) + [th]E in WAVE (swell)

15d
17d

What can cause a failure to appreciate music? An organ can at first (3,3)

flowerflowerflower
17d

See 15

19d

Is lip/gum hurt by this activity? (8)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Piano makes you elatedjust (7)

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UP (elated) + JUST (right)

22d

Agreement to link air conditioning with cable (6)

flowerflowerflower
23d

Get boat moving with current (6)

flowerflowerflower
25d

To collapse after fellow’s gone is not common (4)

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26d

Fish is brought up by line at depth (4)

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

Reverse of IS + L + D