Crosswords Set by: Anto Wed 9 Oct 2024 01.00 CEST Cryptic crossword No 29,509 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Anto Wed 9 Oct 2024 01.00 CEST Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Across 1 Be ready to do nothing (5,2) 5 Get rid of unwanted drug that’s been released (4,3) 10 Groom initially coy on meeting bride (4) 11 Alternative for meek lady lacking a traditional cure (4,6) 12 Special language giving information on freezing (6) 13 Exemption allows compiler to admit being weak about it (8) 14 I can see GP bothered by gesture seeking no conflict (5,4) 16 Clues given to Yard, wasted (5) 17 Mad liberal conceals stuff that’s not prepared (2-3) 19 Rough up Nigel for example (9) 23 Great story about earth I told in instalments (8) 24 River group gets rejected, having eaten meat (6) 26 Dylan moved around in river boat mostly (2,3,5) 27 Little appreciation for one who is late (4) 28 Work space sketched out, eliminating carbon (3,4) 29 Put on in accordance with procedure (7) Down 2 Broadcast raised in volume when showing traditional sexual arrangement (7) 3 Parvenu biased somewhat against part of Africa (5) 4 Experts unavailable during scraps (7) 6 Money annually applied to create satellite (6) 7 Extent of US currency getting acknowledgement in reports (9) 8 Meets potential lover following happy news (7) 9 Buffoons regularly see them (6,7) 15 Organised crime don’s looking embarrassed (9) 18 Drop extremely tacky church artwork (7) 20 Welcome success in this place? (2,5) 21 More wary about strange linkage between both sides (7) 22 Shambles when wife’s abandoned puzzles (6) 25 Sale room offer is essentially disdainful (5)
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