Guardian Quick Cryptic Crossword 4 (20/20)
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The clues:
1a Jeans material dug up from the east (5)
DENIM
Jeans material is the definition, with from the east as a reversal indicator on MINED (dug up)
4a A girl on the radio makes sorrowful exclamation (4)
ALAS
Sorrowful exclamation is the definition, with on the radio as a homophone indicator for A LASS (a girl)
6a Possibly devise sane form of rugby (5-1-4)
SEVEN-A-SIDE
Form of rugby is the definition, with possibly as an anagram indicator for devise sane
8a Snake-like fish in shelter, retreating (3)
EEL
Snake-like fish is the definition, with retreating as a reversal indicator for LEE (in shelter)
9a Try, with Cockney’s wife, to split the costs (2,5)
GO DUTCH
Split the costs is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: GO (try, as in “have a go”) + DUTCH (Cockney slang, Duchess of Fife = wife)
11a Manufactured lint with red part of plant (7)
TENDRIL
Part of plant is the definition, with manufactured as an anagram indicator for lint red
13a Medic’s white fish heading westwards (3)
DOC
Medic is the definition, with heading westward as a reversal indicator for COD (white fish)
14a Serves peer strangely and doesn’t give up (10)
PERSEVERES
Doesn't give up is the definition, with strangely as an anagram indicator for serves peer
16a Food shop in Indian city, reportedly (4)
DELI
Food shop is the definition, with reportedly as a homophone indicator for DELHI (Indian City)
17a Clock’s put back – it’s one’s assigned task (5)
REMIT
One's assigned task is the definition, with put back as a reversal indicator for TIMER (clock)
1d Turned up anxious to get sweet foods (8)
DESSERTS
Sweet foods is the definition, with turned up as a reversal indicator for STRESSED (anxious)
2d Month with the Spanish work of fiction (5)
NOVEL
Work of fiction is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: NOV (abbreviation for November, a month) + EL (a Spanish word for the)
3d A German eccentric, maybe Klopp (7)
MANAGER
Maybe Klopp is the definition (Jürgen Klopp is a football manager), with eccentric as an anagram indicator for A German; this may also be an &lit clue if Klopp is eccentric, as he is German
4d Notices a Detective Sergeant (3)
ADS
Notices is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: A (a) + DS (abbreviation for Detective Sergeant)
5d Check German car on time (5)
AUDIT
Check is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: AUDI (German car) + T (abbreviation for time)
7d Heavily built and dim-witted group of pupils (5-3)
THICK-SET
Heavily built is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: THICK (dim-witted) + SET (group of pupils)
10d Rescue lambasted revolutionary (7)
DELIVER
Rescue is the definition, with revolutionary as an anagram indicator for REVILED (lambasted)
12d Female relative in French seaside resort, we hear (5)
NIECE
Female relative is the definition, with we hear as a homophone indicator for NICE (French seaside resort)
13d Kind of wheat from cathedral city, it’s said (5)
DURUM
Kind of wheat is the definition, with it's said as a homophone indicator for DURHAM (cathedral city)
15d Son, king and I slide downhill (3)
SKI
Slide downhill is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: S (abbreviation for son) + K (abbreviation for king) + I (I)