Crosswords Set by: Yank Tue 13 Aug 2024 19.00 EDT Cryptic crossword No 29,461 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Yank Tue 13 Aug 2024 19.00 EDT 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 Across 1 Releasing gas including hydrogen (an amount you barely notice) (8) 5 Almost devoured some bananas nearby (2,4) 9 Diagram of dessert with mostly poorly mixed filling (5,4) 11 What remains of a public speaking platform (5) 12 Cryptic clue: ‘Moocher’s artistic feature’ (6,6) 15 A piece, when put together, found in tea chest (4) 16 Current – energy + time, figuratively and in symbols (10) 18 Veg and fruit nutcase takes in the wrong way (5,5) 19 Saint engaged in bowel movement (4) 21 Break up fog with a green concoction (5-3,4) 24 Titled person’s bad mood after losing head (5) 25 On camera, I whipped up a drink (9) 26 By and large, Oscars host Ellen comes back calm and restful (6) 27 Bawdy record, what a jazz musician may produce (4,4) Down 1 Instrument composed of elements 9, 53 and 26 (4) 2 Bird seen in a corner? (4) 3 Dessert, for the most part, is tart (6) 4 In no man’s land, Lee shot world leader (6,7) 6 TT’s precedent-setter? (8) 7 A smart-alecky fish? That ain’t right (5,5) 8 Electronic news media captivated by Céline’s economic woes (10) 10 Calmness (or irritability, à la Superman?) (6,2,5) 13 Rotten bunch’s drunken exploits on board ship (3,7) 14 ER’s namesake’s one sadly unrecognisable after bugs removed (5,5) 17 Force on trial wrongfully, but this straightens things out (8) 20 It’s rough to turn up with a blind trio (6) 22 Yoga instructor bends over backwards to accommodate Shakespearean (4) 23 Form of oxygen, oxygen absent in space (4)
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