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Cryptic crossword No 30,117
The Guardian · Cryptic · Monday, September 21, 2026 · Vulcan
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Dad with banal idea that's got from the cinema (7)
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Across
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Dad with banal idea that's got from the cinema (7)
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Across
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Dad with banal idea that's got from the cinema (7)
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Obstruction is at flipping server (7)
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Stone memorial perhaps for terrier (5)
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Excuse me asking, but why wasn't that a penalty? (2,7)
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Meal I dropped, having borne fruit (10)
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One seabird; others returning (4)
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Basic supplies for Cook? (3,8)
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Recent period of foul pestilence? Nothing in it (11)
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Love something from Stone Roses (4)
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For scrubbing, bring house soap (10)
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Hurry up and tell me what to do with what tastes rotten (4,2,3)
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This marine is deeply blue (5)
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Light period of work, generally (7)
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Gunners succeeded breaking into scene of conflict, then left (7)
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Calm, quick to accept condition (6)
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Sent down here it's cooler (6)
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Car may often be parked at this (6,4)
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In an emergency, call three of these (5)
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Commission bankrupt, be very angry (9)
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Right to the back in simple boat (4)
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Breaking skis, rant in old language (8)
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After end of prayer, fit and cooperative (8)
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Be told by word of mouth a fight is somewhere close (10)
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Not broken but not all healthy (9)
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Calmed down as program got less awkward (8)
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Viciousness of erotic manoeuvring in family on vacation (8)
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Mongrel regularly found meat (6)
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In attack spades smashed into a part of windmill (6)
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Informally must leave dry area (5)
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One can't fly; vital to go to be picked up (4)