The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/28682.
I defy anyone to miss the theme here, and I hope that most people found this as enjoyable as I did.
| ACROSS | ||
| 5 | CLOSED |
Misplace in record, like file not in use (6)
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| An envelope (‘in’) of LOSE (‘misplace’) in CD (‘record’). | ||
| 6 | SCROLL |
Expose more of text, namely by revolutionary movement (6)
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| A charade of SC (scilicet, ‘namely’) plus ROLL (‘revolutionary movement’). | ||
| 9 | WRITER |
Word processor using right IT to fill in answer? Not half (6)
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| An envelope (‘to fill in’) of R (‘right’) plus ‘IT’ in ‘[ans]wer’ minus the first three letters (‘not half’). | ||
| 10 | ULTIMATE |
Closing university email messed about time and time again (8)
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| A charade of U (‘university’) plus LTIMATE, an anagram of ’email’ plus T T (‘time and time again’). | ||
| 11 | WORD |
Unit of computer data left out of great deal (4)
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| A subtraction: WOR[l]D (‘a great deal’) minus the L (‘left out’). | ||
| 12 | STATISTICS |
For analysis of data, it’s twice cast out (10)
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| An anagram (‘out’) of ITS ITS (‘it’s twice’) plus ‘cast’. | ||
| 13 | SPREADSHEET |
Data organiser‘s unusually desperate about call for peace (11)
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| An envelope (‘about’) of SH (‘call for peace’ and quiet) in SPREADEET, an anagram (‘unusually’) of ‘desperate’. | ||
| 18 | REPROGRAMS |
Revises software for king, surrounded by lots of paper (10)
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| An envelope (‘surrounded by’) of PRO GR (‘for king’ if it is King George) in REAMS (‘lots of paper’). | ||
| 21 | OPEN |
Begin to use file, for example, starting off prison escape nicely (4)
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| First letters (‘starting’) of ‘Off Prison Escape Nicely’. | ||
| 22 | INTERNET |
I trap seabird within location for surfing (8)
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| An envelope (‘within’) of TERN (‘seabird’) in I NET (‘I trap’). | ||
| 23 | SHIFTY |
What Yahoo initially requires from typist? That’s devious (6)
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| SHIFT-Y (i.e. the upper-case letter) is ‘what Yahoo initially requires from typist’. Ingenious. | ||
| 24 | DRIVES |
Motivational factors — they may be hard to keep data on (6)
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| Double definition, the second a reference to hard drives. | ||
| 25 | MEMORY |
The writer’s holding capital back for part of computer system (6)
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| An envelope (‘holding’) of EMOR, a reversal (‘back’) of ROME (‘capital’) in MY (‘the writer’s’). | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | BOOTED UP |
Started rising also inside base in revolt (6,2)
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| An envelope (‘inside’) of OOT, a reversal (‘rising’ in a down light) of TOO (‘also’) in BED (‘base’) plus UP (‘in revolt’). | ||
| 2 | TETRIS |
Muffed sitter in computer game (6)
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| An anagram (‘muffed’) of ‘sitter’. | ||
| 3 | SCOTTISH |
Liable to become intoxicated about leading edge in computers, like Macs (8)
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| An envelope (‘about’) of C (‘leading edge in Computers’) in SOTTISH (‘liable to become intoxicated’). | ||
| 4 | FORMAT |
Favouring first quarter in mathematical arrangement of data (6)
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| A charade of FOR (‘favouring’) plus MAT (‘first quarter of MAThematical’). | ||
| 5 | CURSOR |
Aggressive dog almost hurting pointer (6)
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| A charade of CUR (‘agressive dog’) plus SOR[e] (‘hurting’) minus the last letter (‘almost’). | ||
| 7 | LO-TECH |
Key in hotel changed without using electronics (2-4)
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| An envelope (‘in’) of C (musical ‘key’) in LOTEH, an anagram (‘changed’) of ‘hotel’. | ||
| 8 | CUT AND PASTE |
Rearrange text telling how to put up wallpaper? (3,3,5)
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| Definition and literal interpretation. | ||
| 14 | ENGINEER |
Language always supporting smart designer of software, say (8)
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| A charade of ENG (English, ‘language’) plus IN (‘smart’) plus E’ER (‘always’), with ‘supporting’ indicating the order of the last two particles in the down light. | ||
| 15 | EMOTICON |
Way to express feelings — distressed economist has more than one (8)
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| An anagram (‘distressed’) of ‘economi[s]t’. With the S, the anagram is or the plural EMOTICONS; hence ‘has more than one’. | ||
| 16 | PENNED |
Enclosed what’s written, but not using word processor (6)
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| Double definition – the long and the short of it. | ||
| 17 | SENTRY |
Small part of input for person given challenging task requiring password (6)
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| A charade of S (‘small’) plus ENTRY (‘part of input’). The definition refers to a soldier who requires the correct password to allow someone to enter. | ||
| 19 | RE-EDIT |
Again change text in part of screed I type (2-4)
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| A hidden answer (‘in part of’) in ‘scREED I Type’. | ||
| 20 | SYSTEM |
Network, say, as a team, cutting out articles (6)
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| ‘s[a]y [a]s [a] te[a]m’ minus all four As (‘cutting out articles’). |
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