Guardian Cryptic Crossword #29161
Across
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IssueType
CharadeExpl
PUBLI (synonym="PUBLI") + SH (synonym="quiet") = PUBLISH; definition: "Issue"Answer
PUBLISH -
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CharadeExpl
SOD (ground – poetic) + A POP (a short report – explosion) — FifteensquaredAnswer
SODAPOP -
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StandType
Charade, ContainerExpl
SINE (synonym of "function") + H (synonym of "hotel") [container: "held"]; definition: "Stand out"Answer
SHINE -
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Is this a cryptic (?) definition, referring to the fact that there is no room for a spare wheel in a two-seater (as I would write it)? Please see comments 1-3 — FifteensquaredAnswer
TWOSEATER -
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TellType
CharadeExpl
OU (synonym="OU") + TWIT (synonym="fool") + HIT (synonym="success") = OUTWITHITAnswer
OUTWITHIT -
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HomophoneExpl
Sounds like (reportedly) ‘more on’ – but the grammar doesn’t work for me: to have more on means to be busierAnswer
MORON -
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Hidden wordExpl
Alternate letters (occasionally) of TeAm In LoSs — FifteensquaredAnswer
TAILS -
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flowerExpl
BUTTER UP (flatter) round C (third rate) I have never seen this flower as two words, as it is in both the online and paper versions I have just seen that the word count has been amended in the online version — FifteensquaredAnswer
BUTTERCUP -
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AnagramExpl
anagram of URGE (synonym="URGE") + SAFER (synonym="SAFER") = SUGARFREEAnswer
SUGARFREE -
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ReversalExpl
A reversal (regressive) of DAL[l]AS (US city) minus l (latitude) — FifteensquaredAnswer
SALAD -
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ComeExpl
This clue seems the wrong way round: for me, the wordplay leads to REPLAY (solution for unresolved contest) — FifteensquaredAnswer
REPLY -
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TRAPPINGS (accessories) with the S (society) moved to the beginning — FifteensquaredAnswer
STRAPPING -
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AnagramExpl
anagram of IT (synonym="IT") + RAN (synonym="RAN") + NATO (synonym="NATO") = TARNATIONAnswer
TARNATION -
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ReversalExpl
AG (synonym="silver") + APE (synonym="primate") = AGAPEAnswer
AGAPE -
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NoticeType
ReversalExpl
MUST (synonym="mould") + SEE (synonym="notice") = MUSTSEE; definition: "unmissable"Answer
MUSTSEE -
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HOVEL (pit?) in S S (seconds) – I think of a hovel as some kind of building but Chambers has ‘a small or wretched dwelling’, which I suppose could be a pit; Collins has ‘a ramshackle (which implies a building) dwelling place’ — FifteensquaredAnswer
SHOVELS
Down
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faintType
Double definitionExpl
Double definitionAnswer
PASSOUT -
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AnagramExpl
anagram of LIST (synonym="LIST") + BRING (synonym="transport") = BRISTLINGAnswer
BRISTLING -
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OldType
ContainerExpl
EN (synonym="EN") in ICI (synonym="French for ‘here’") = ICENI; definition: "Old Brits"Answer
ICENI -
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Hidden wordExpl
HIT (synonym="attack") + THE (synonym="attack") + BAR (synonym="legal profession – or one part of it") = HITTHEBARAnswer
HITTHEBAR -
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filmType
CharadeExpl
SHOO (synonym of "Get away") + T (synonym of "time"); definition: "film"Answer
SHOOT -
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AnagramExpl
anagram of MALE (synonym="MALE") + DRESS (synonym="bandage") = DREAMLESSAnswer
DREAMLESS -
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SafeType
Hidden wordExpl
Hidden in "safe part of caPE TERrain"Answer
PETER -
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cropType
CharadeExpl
PAR (synonym of "standard") + SNIP (synonym of "crop"); definition: "Vegetable"Answer
PARSNIP -
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CharadeExpl
SORRY (synonym="deplorable") + PASS (synonym="transfer") = SORRYPASSAnswer
SORRYPASS -
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CharadeExpl
TREE (synonym="elder, perhaps") + RINGS (synonym="calls") = TREERINGSAnswer
TREERINGS -
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DevelopType
AnagramExpl
anagram of CUTE (synonym="clever") + VITAL (synonym="VITAL") = CULTIVATE; definition: "Develop"Answer
CULTIVATE -
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ContainerExpl
OT (synonym="OT") in SCRUM (synonym="rugby set piece") = SCROTUMAnswer
SCROTUM -
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DepartType
ContainerExpl
RES (synonym="RES") in DIGS (synonym="temporary accommodation – but some people live in them for years") = DIGRESS; definition: "Depart"Answer
DIGRESS -
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CapitalType
DeletionExpl
PAIRS (doubles) with the I (interest rate?? – confirmed: thanks, KVa @26 ) ‘dropping’, in a down clue — FifteensquaredAnswer
PARIS -
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I can’t see this, I’m afraid: SNIPE means to criticise but ‘elevating’ the P (= president? – I can’t find it) doesn’t lead to SPINE — FifteensquaredAnswer
SPINE -
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AcrosticExpl
Initial letters (principals) of Prohibit Learning About Teachings Of – another great surface: see here — FifteensquaredAnswer
PLATO