Guardian Cryptic Crossword #29055
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sportType
CharadeExpl
CROWN (synonym="monarch") + GREEN (synonym="politician") + B (synonym="British") + OWLS (synonym="parliament is a collective noun for owls") = CROWNGREENBOWLS; definition: "sport"Answer
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SeeAnswer
OMNIBUS -
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bornType
AcrosticExpl
last letters of "Ivan the Terrible" = NEE; definition: "born"Answer
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Brilliant (as a scandalous headline?)Type
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
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honeyType
CharadeExpl
SWEETIE (synonym="something sugary") + PIE (synonym="dish") = SWEETIEPIE; definition: "honey"Answer
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BandType
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
CREW -
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SensibleType
HomophoneExpl
Sounds like ‘Ys’ (characters)Answer
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Anagram, CharadeExpl
anagram of BLEEDS ("bleeds") [anagram: "Crack,"] + CRAM (synonym of "stuff") = DESCRAMBLEAnswer
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stopping mechanismType
CharadeExpl
RAKES (tools) in BY (alongside) + STEM (spring) — FifteensquaredAnswer
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drippingType
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
WET -
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after-dark visitorType
CharadeExpl
S AND M (sexual practice) + AN ‘A magical person supposed to put children to sleep by sprinkling sand in their eyes’ — FifteensquaredAnswer
SANDMAN -
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MANONTHECLAPHAM
Down
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blueType
CharadeExpl
ONE (person) round BSC (degree) + [cambridg]E — FifteensquaredAnswer
OBSCENE -
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PunchesType
AnagramExpl
anagram of AIN'T + LESS = NAILSETS; definition: "Punches"Answer
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ApproachType
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
RUNIN -
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BraggartType
AnagramExpl
anagram of AGAIN + COME = EGOMANIAC; definition: "Braggart"Answer
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touch?Type
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
BANDIT -
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onlineType
ContainerExpl
BIN (synonym="basket – eg for waste paper") in WEAR (synonym="sport") = WEBINAR; definition: "discussion online"Answer
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fibreType
Hidden wordExpl
Hidden in flosS IS A LongAnswer
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churchType
CharadeExpl
VERY (so) in EIN (German for a) + CH (Church) — FifteensquaredAnswer
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foodstuffType
AnagramExpl
anagram of WE (synonym="WE") + GATHER (synonym="GATHER") + M (synonym="elastic") = WHEATGERM; definition: "foodstuff"Answer
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classType
ContainerExpl
ALI (synonym="fighter") in MAMMA (synonym="Mother") = MAMMALIA; definition: "our class"Answer
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RiverType
CharadeExpl
SH (shut up) + ANNO (in {the} year, as in anno Domini, in the year of our Lord) + N[ile] — FifteensquaredAnswer
SHANNON -
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AnagramExpl
An anagram (at sea) of [thos]E NAMES: a pity about ‘sea’ in both clue and answer – and that CREW is the answer at 15ac — FifteensquaredAnswer
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Literary heartType
ContainerExpl
[beat[S in BOOM (resonating sound) — FifteensquaredAnswer
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Area of interestType
CharadeExpl
TO (synonym of "to") + PIC (synonym of "film"); definition: "Area of interest"Answer
TOPIC