Guardian Quick Cryptic Crossword 5 (22/22)
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1a Hermits seen moving tiny fragments (11)
SMITHEREENS
Tiny fragments is the definition, with moving as an anagram indicator for hermits seen
7a Flowing water in golf club lacking depth at first (5)
RIVER
Flowing water is the definition, with lacking as an indicator to remove D (depth at first, first letter of depth) from DRIVER (golf club)
8a Bread held by team at zoo (5)
MATZO
Bread is the definition, with held by as an indicator that the answer is hidden in tea(m at zo)o
9a Glossy publication with bag is something that attracts (6)
MAGNET
Something that attracts is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: MAG (glossy publication) + NET (bag)
11a Stop a car having lost right cook (4)
BAKE
Cook is the definition, with lost right as an indicator to remove R (abbreviation for right) from BRAKE (stop a car)
12a Proverb was misspelt (3)
SAW
Proverb is the definition, with misspelt as an anagram indicator for was
14a Story is no longer fresh with no introduction (4)
TALE
Story is the definition, with no introduction as an indicator to remove the first letter of STALE (no longer fresh)
15a Careless squire missed section (6)
REMISS
Careless is the definition, with section as an indicator that the answer is hidden in squi(re miss)ed
18a Spread missing first piece, say (5)
UTTER
Say is the definition, with missing first piece as an indicator to remove the first letter from BUTTER (spread)
19a Alter olive fabric (5)
VOILE
Fabric is the definition, with alter as an anagram indicator for olive
20a Derailments can be smooth (11)
STREAMLINED
Smooth is the definition, with can be as an anagram indicator for derailments
1d Go away and cry having taken an E (5)
SCRAM
Go away is the definition, with taken an E as an indicator to remove a letter e from SCREAM (cry)
2d Examiner of ITV original broadcast (11)
INVIGILATOR
Examiner is the definition, with broadcast as an anagram indicator for ITV original
3d Partly abhor desperate crowds (6)
HORDES
Crowds is the definition, with partly as an indicator that the answer is hidden in ab(hor de)sperate
4d Rear dowdy female without father initially (4)
RUMP
Rear is the definition, with without as an indicator to remove F (father initially, the first letter of father) from FRUMP (dowdy female)
5d Transfer of accused person from former practice (11)
EXTRADITION
Transfer of accused person is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: EX (former) + TRADITION (practice)
6d Scratch small kernel (5)
SCORE
Scratch is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: S (abbreviation for small) + CORE (kernel)
10d Sailor in u-boat arrived (3)
TAR
Sailor is the definition, with in as an indicator that the answer is hidden in u-boa(t ar)rived
13d You and I getting bad bug (6)
WEEVIL
Bug is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: WE (you and I) + EVIL (bad)
14d Surgical appliance rusts badly (5)
TRUSS
Surgical appliance is the definition, with badly as an anagram indicator for rusts
16d Son went to get amphetamine (5)
SPEED
Amphetamine is the definition, with the rest as a charades clue: S (abbreviation for son) + PEED (went)
17d Piece of ground held by popular earl (4)
AREA
Piece of ground is the definition, with held by as an indicator that the answer is hidden in popul(ar ea)rl