Guardian Cryptic Crossword #29102
Across
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Italian heiressType
CharadeExpl
PORT (synonym="‘left’ side of a ship") + IA (synonym="‘heartless I de A ‘") = PORTIA; definition: "Italian heiress"Answer
PORTIA -
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outlooksType
AnagramExpl
anagram of 'ISMS' + TEND = MINDSETS; definition: "outlooks"Answer
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DemandedType
CharadeExpl
IN (synonym="‘at home’") + SIS (synonym="‘little girl’ to Ted perhaps") + TED (synonym="‘boy’") = INSISTED; definition: "Demanded"Answer
INSISTED -
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Sick-lookingType
CharadeExpl
PAL (synonym of "friend") + LID (synonym of "cover"); definition: "Sick-looking"Answer
PALLID -
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Hell to MiltonType
CharadeExpl
AD (synonym="‘notice’") + ES (synonym="‘French art’ – second person singular present of etre, to be") = ADES; definition: "Hell to Milton"Answer
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worshipExpl
ENERVATION (‘lack of vitality’) with the V (‘very little’) moved to the front (‘to the fore’). — FifteensquaredAnswer
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CityType
Charade, DeletionExpl
BRED (synonym of "raised") + MEN (abbreviation of "soldiers") [deletion: "endless"]; definition: "City"Answer
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The fellow dressed in fancy state, ultimate in elegance?Type
AnagramExpl
An envelope (‘dressed in’) of HE (‘the fellow’) in AESTT, an anagram (fancy’) of ‘state’ plus E (ultimate in eleganc E ‘), with an &lit definition. — FifteensquaredAnswer
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InstrumentsType
AnagramExpl
anagram of INACARSO ("in a car so") [anagram: "complicated"] = OCARINAS; definition: "Instruments"Answer
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angrierType
CharadeExpl
M (abbreviation="Male") + ADDER (synonym="snake") = MADDER; definition: "angrier"Answer
MADDER -
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SeesType
CharadeExpl
A charade of BISH (antique slang, a mistake, ‘what’s wrong’) plus O (‘nothing’) plus PRICS, an envelope (‘in’) or R (‘right’) in PICS (‘illustrations’). — FifteensquaredAnswer
BISHOPRICS -
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Frothy stuffType
DeletionExpl
A subtraction: BARM(‘aid’) (‘pub server’) minus AID (‘helpless’), for a word, meaning yeast, not as well known as its derivative ‘barmy”. — FifteensquaredAnswer
BARM -
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Not justType
CharadeExpl
UN (synonym="‘a Parisian’, the French male indefinite article") + FAIR (synonym="‘trade event’") = UNFAIR; definition: "Not just"Answer
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RejectedType
HomophoneExpl
Sounds like (‘we hear’) THROUGHOUT (‘everywhere’).Answer
THREWOUT -
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less alertType
ReversalExpl
SLEE (synonym="SLEE") + PIER (synonym="‘support’") = SLEEPIER; definition: "less alert"Answer
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Texas cityType
ContainerExpl
An envelope (‘to imprison’) of A RED (‘a revolutionary’) in LO (‘look’). — FifteensquaredAnswer
LAREDO
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not following a particular lineType
AnagramExpl
An anagram (‘fancy’) of ‘done to criminal I’ — FifteensquaredAnswer
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FollowsType
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
TAILS -
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solution to a snake biteType
AnagramExpl
An anagram (‘unusual’) of ‘I invent an’. — FifteensquaredAnswer
ANTIVENIN -
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iconic femaleType
ReversalExpl
MADON (synonym="MADON") + NA (synonym="NA") = MADONNA; definition: "iconic female"Answer
MADONNA -
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Measurement in a communications circuitType
Hidden wordExpl
Hidden in "measurement in a communications circuit oNE PERson has installed"Answer
NEPER -
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SpottedType
ContainerExpl
A double envelope (‘nabbing’ and ‘in’) of LOT (‘group’) in PC (police constable, ‘copper’) in SHED (‘outdoor building’). — FifteensquaredAnswer
SPLOTCHED -
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crops being this?Type
AnagramExpl
anagram of NINTH + DROUGHT + ONE = THINONTHEGROUND; definition: "— crops being this?"Answer
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Party memberType
CharadeExpl
MARCH (synonym="‘demonstration’") + HARE (synonym="‘make haste’") = MARCHHARE; definition: "Party member"Answer
MARCHHARE -
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twice a yearType
AnagramExpl
anagram of MALESREST ("males rest") [anagram: "Active"] = SEMESTRAL; definition: "twice a year?"Answer
SEMESTRAL -
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One may get a dramatic change of sceneryType
AnagramExpl
An anagram (‘chopped’) of ‘the firs’. — FifteensquaredAnswer
SHIFTER -
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Religious typeType
Charade, ReversalExpl
IS (synonym of "is") + RAP (synonym of "hit") [reversal: "on the rebound"]; definition: "Religious type"Answer
PARSI -
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alcoveType
DeletionExpl
BOWER (deletion) = BOWER; definition: "alcove"Answer
BOWER