Independent Cryptic #10919

2021-10-11

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1a

Profitable source of energy promoted in America, oil perhaps (6)

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E[nergy] moved up in US fuel

5a

Peter out to relax after month with runs (8)

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Ease after Dec{ember} + r{uns} (cricket abbrev).

9a

My special place way down the coast (8)

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10a

Medium uniform given to very short rebel (6)

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M{edium} + u{niform} (phonetic alphabet) + tiny. Rebel and mutiny are synonyms if they are both treated as verbs (e.g. "they mutinied").

11a

Star Victor Mature making a comeback (4)

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V{ictor} + age<.

12a

Mary delirious about new introduction to Adonis (7)

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14a

Innocent frolics before church, no sex (10)

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(Innocent)* + CE

16a

Cut material for the floor, moving in later (4)

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Lino with the "in" moving to later in the word.

17a

Touching your ears is old idiosyncrasy (4)

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18a

Popular meeting place, usually a bar (10)

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20a

European intelligence agency goes after information source (7)

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E{uropean} SIS after gen. SIS stands for Secret Intelligence Service and is the proper name for MI6.

22a

Fifth baby, wanting eight perhaps (4)

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CD/DD. A fifth baby might be called "cub E" and 8 is the cube of 2.

25a

Fur shared by a couple of orangutangs (6)

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Hidden in "orangut ang ora ngutang

26a

Brighten up run-down university, the one I went to (8)

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Ill + u{niversity} + mine

27a

Prosthetic leg's easy to replace (5,3)

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28a

A bit of food left by solver who preferred a pint (6)

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L{eft} after Morse, ref to Inspector Morse, a crossword and beer fan.

Down

2d

Sound sleepers make love, getting up around noon (5)

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Eros< around n{oon}

3d

Cool orangeade's temperature is almost cold (9)

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Fanta's t{emperature} + ic[y], although the "is" seems to get in the way slightly.

4d

Taste defeat (4)

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DD

5d

That's highly unlikely, say Watson and Holmes shortly (5,2)

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Dr (Watson is an example of a doctor) + Eamon[n], as in Eamonn Holmes the TV presenter.

6d

Miss amusing dinner invitation hosts sent without envelope (10)

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Come dine around [s]en[t]. "Miss amusing" seems a bit of a stretch for comedienne and probably needs some sort of indication that it's more a possible description. The comedienne might be married or prefer to call herself "Ms".

7d

Giant metal vessel carries creature from outer space (5)

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ET on top of (or carried by) tin. Ettin is defined in Chambers as a giant but other sources seem to think the original meaning was more a bogle or ghost.

8d

Filbert's leaving Burma entering Chinese republic (3,6)

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[My]anmar in Sino, an adjective relating to China.

13d

On vacation Susan has trouble with room rate that's poor (6,4)

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S[usa]n + ail + space

15d

Design a long coat shaped like an umbrella? (9)

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16d

Disturbance in Molière, Act I gone? (9)

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&lit – (mol[i]ere act)*. Refers to the play Tartuffe, which starts with a latecomer causing a disturbance in the audience.

19d

Only cool person on the bench (7)

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21d

Presumably all disagreeing in corners (5)

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CD/DD – no OKs = all disagreeing

23d

Too many bottles in dustbin, generally (5)

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24d

Excitedly close high value contract (4)

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DD – slamming doors and Bridge contracts.