Guardian Cryptic Crossword #27821
Across
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BaseballType
CharadeExpl
SHORTS (synonym="SHORTS") + TOP (synonym="TOP") = SHORTSTOP; definition: "Baseball player's"Answer
SHORTSTOP -
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INTHE -
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HEATOFTHEMOMENT -
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breadType
ReversalExpl
RUE (reversal="RUE") + OZ (synonym="OZ") + ONE (synonym="ONE") = EUROZONE; definition: "region sharing its bread"Answer
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It's barelyType
CharadeExpl
JUST (synonym="JUST") + ABOUT (synonym="ABOUT") = JUSTABOUT; definition: "It's barely"Answer
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registerType
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
LODGE -
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desire?Type
CharadeExpl
C (abbreviation="Conservative") + RAVE (synonym="party's") = CRAVE; definition: "desire?"Answer
CRAVE -
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with ingratiating wordsType
AnagramExpl
anagram of UBLIS (synonym="UBLIS") + PLAY (synonym="PLAY") = PLAUSIBLY; definition: "with ingratiating words"Answer
PLAUSIBLY -
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precipitatelyType
CharadeExpl
HEAD (synonym="HEAD") + LONG (synonym="LONG") = HEADLONG; definition: "precipitately"Answer
HEADLONG -
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ComplaintType
Hidden wordExpl
Hidden in "complaint oF US Soldier largely ignored"Answer
FUSS -
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37 or soType
AnagramExpl
anagram of MATURE + DERBY + POET, = BODYTEMPERATURE; definition: "37 or so"Answer
BODYTEMPERATURE -
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PassageType
ReversalExpl
A reversal [read back] of SUN [paper] + IS — FifteensquaredAnswer
SINUS -
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Over the moonExpl
If you were in darkness, you could be said to be de-lighted — FifteensquaredAnswer
DELIGHTED
Down
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During the Raj, SirType
ReversalExpl
H [Henry – SI unit] in a reversal [rising] of BIAS [prejudice] – I liked this one — FifteensquaredAnswer
SAHIB -
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LoveType
CharadeExpl
O (abbreviation="Love") + VARIES (synonym="changes") = OVARIES; definition: "female organs"Answer
OVARIES -
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perchType
CharadeExpl
[parro]T + ROD [{pole or} perch] – as we all used to know from the tables on the back of exercise books — FifteensquaredAnswer
TROD -
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toldAnswer
TATI -
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before matchType
AnagramExpl
anagram of PAL + I + PUNTER = PRENUPTIAL; definition: "before match"Answer
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HereticType
AnagramExpl
An anagram [outbursts] of OCCASION[a]L [‘striking a’] + [pries]T — FifteensquaredAnswer
ICONOCLAST -
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Tiny ledge for climberType
DeletionExpl
TO (synonym="TO") + EHOLD (synonym="EHOLD") = TOEHOLD; definition: "Tiny ledge for climber"Answer
TOEHOLD -
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VeryType
CharadeExpl
[n]EXT minus n, note + ME in RELY [bank] — FifteensquaredAnswer
EXTREMELY -
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Dependent nationsType
CharadeExpl
ATE [worried] + LL [outside letters of LiberaL] in SITES [places] — FifteensquaredAnswer
SATELLITES -
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LikeType
CharadeExpl
HOPPING (synonym="HOPPING") + MAD (synonym="MAD") = HOPPINGMAD; definition: "in a rage?"Answer
HOPPINGMAD -
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famous cricketerType
CharadeExpl
HACK [pressman] + JOBS [commissions] — FifteensquaredAnswer
JACKHOBBS -
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FragranceType
ContainerExpl
QUE (synonym="QUE") in BOUT (synonym="BOUT") = BOUQUET; definition: "Fragrance"Answer
BOUQUET -
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tradeType
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
DEAL