Guardian Cryptic Crossword #27559
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Queen of puddings?Type
Cryptic definitionExpl
Rather nifty double / cryptic definition: charlotte is a pudding made of fruit and crumbs of cake or bread, presumably named after the queen – and then queen of puddings is an entirely different dessert, topped with meringue — FifteensquaredAnswer
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goddess?Type
HomophoneExpl
Sounds like [say] ‘D’you know’ [have you any idea] – Venus is more usually known as the goddess of love – Juno is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hera, goddess of [love and] marriageAnswer
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chaps devoured by herType
CharadeExpl
MA (synonym="MA") + NEATER (synonym="NEATER") = MANEATER; definition: "chaps devoured by her"Answer
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that captures special momentsType
CharadeExpl
CAM (synonym of "river") + ERA (synonym of "Time"); definition: "that captures special moments"Answer
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heard?Type
HomophoneExpl
Sounds something like [may be heard] what a girl does on the loo [I think – but please see comment 1 😉 ]Answer
WHEEZE -
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bottle!Type
ReversalExpl
DEN [haunt] round a reversal [retired] of JIM [ Kingsley Amis’ lucky character ] + OH — FifteensquaredAnswer
DEMIJOHN -
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puzzleType
CharadeExpl
JIG (synonym="steps") + SAW (synonym="figured") = JIGSAW; definition: "puzzle"Answer
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WatchType
Charade, ContainerExpl
PEC (synonym of "muscle") + STATE (synonym of "condition") [container: "gets into"]; definition: "Watch"Answer
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Matter involving educatingType
AcrosticExpl
THING [matter] round initial letters [primarily] of Educating Appalling Children – having been a teacher, I daren’t call this &lit, so educating must do double duty — FifteensquaredAnswer
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AlwaysType
AnagramExpl
Anagram [on the fiddle] of S[u]PREME minus u [missing you] – a musical direction that a piece should be played in the same manner throughout — FifteensquaredAnswer
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FreeType
CharadeExpl
UN (synonym="UN") + BUCK (synonym="BUCK") + LE (synonym="LE") = UNBUCKLE; definition: "Free"Answer
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ounce perhaps?Type
CharadeExpl
FE (synonym="FE") + LINE (synonym="LINE") = FELINE; definition: "ounce perhaps?"Answer
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CoolType
HomophoneExpl
Sounds like [spoken] a contraction [briefly] of Flem[ish] or Flem[ing] [Belgian] – ‘cool’ as a noun, as in ‘to lose one’s cool’Answer
PHLEGM -
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Something readType
ContainerExpl
SIC (synonym="SIC") in CLASS (synonym="CLASS") = CLASSICS; definition: "Something read"Answer
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leaderType
DeletionExpl
ARTY (deletion) = ARTY; definition: "Creative"Answer
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permission to flyType
ContainerExpl
LEAR (synonym="LEAR") in CANCE (synonym="CANCE") = CLEARANCE; definition: "permission to fly"Answer
CLEARANCE
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jarType
CharadeExpl
L (abbreviation of "Pound") + CASH (synonym of "money"); definition: "jar"Answer
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ForeverType
AnagramExpl
Anagram [wrinkly] of GAL SEE + S[cotch] – this made me laugh, being rather close to home, except that I don’t like Scotch [Sauvignon, perhaps 😉 ] — FifteensquaredAnswer
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suppleType
Hidden wordExpl
hidden in "general, it helps"Answer
LITHE -
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outburstsType
AnagramExpl
[subjec]T + an anagram [stirred up] of RAISED — FifteensquaredAnswer
TIRADES -
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proves a hindranceExpl
E NUMBERS [code of added ingredients] round C[hefs] — FifteensquaredAnswer
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HarrierType
CharadeExpl
JUMP (synonym="bound") + JET (synonym="black") = JUMPJET; definition: "Harrier"Answer
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leader?Type
CharadeExpl
NORTH (synonym of "PM once") + STAR (synonym of "great"); definition: "leader?"Answer
NORTHSTAR -
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Arctic hooker,Type
HomophoneExpl
Sounds like [I said] ‘I sank ‘er’ [she was scuppered by me]Answer
ICEANCHOR -
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RoseType
DeletionExpl
see here WHIC[h] [that, cut] round SKY [heavens] + MA [mother – for the second time] — FifteensquaredAnswer
WHISKYMAC -
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With little manners,Type
AnagramExpl
Anagram [snakes] of CURLED + Y[ou] — FifteensquaredAnswer
CRUDELY -
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valleyType
ContainerExpl
NCO (synonym="NCO") in GLEE (synonym="GLEE") = GLENCOE; definition: "but Collins has ‘great merriment or delight"Answer
GLENCOE -
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Old curse,Type
Charade, ContainerExpl
L (synonym of "fifty") + MAISON (synonym of "French accommodation?") [container: "squeezed"]; definition: "Old curse,"Answer
MALISON -
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which shinesExpl
ACRE [some garden perhaps] under [su]N – NACRE = mother-of-pearl — FifteensquaredAnswer
NACRE