Independent Cryptic #11136

2022-06-22

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1a

Foxy boomer leaves meeting (5,5)

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BASIL (leaves) BRUSH (meeting). We had to check BRUSH = MEETING – Chambers has BRUSH as a ‘fleeting encounter’ which could be a meeting.

6a

Disco beat? (4)

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Double definition

9a

One rapidly projects anger in work (7)

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IRE (anger) in FARM (work) – an interesting definition

10a

Naked Tiller girl is banned (7)

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t ILLE r (tiller without first and last letters or ‘naked’) GAL (girl)

12a

Strain overwhelming international coach making lengthy speech (10)

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FILTER (strain) around or ‘overwhelming’ I (international) BUS (coach)

13a

Back the expulsion of odd characters from Bangkok (3)

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bAnGkOk – with the removal or ‘expulsion’ of odd letters

15a

Tense individual drinking on vacation close to collapse (2,4)

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ONE (individual) D rinkin G (first and last letters only or ‘on vacation’) E (last letter or ‘close’ to collapse)

16a

Asian seen dancing around wooden stake (8)

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An anagram (‘dancing’) of SEEN around PALE (wooden stake)

18a

Describe gusset for thermal clothing (3,5)

flowerflowerflower
20a

Maps the introduction of totalitarianism, finally (2,4)

flowerflowerflower
23a

American to escape responsibility outside shed (3)

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b LAM e (responsibility) without or ‘shedding’ the outside letters. LAM is an American word to describe ‘escape or hurried flight’

24a

Rock group gets drunk to eat whole chicken (10)

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An anagram (‘drunk’) of GETS outside or ‘eating’ ONE (whole) HEN (chicken)

26a

Bad shot that might be brought up by Tom, but not Henry (7)

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h AIRBALL (something that may be brought up by a cat or ‘tom’) without H (Henry)

27a

Raised type of fish that protects American submarine, ultimately (7)

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BRILL (fish) around or ‘protecting’ A (American) + E (last or ‘ultimate’ letter of submarine)

28a

Can start to throw shade (4)

flowerflowerflower
29a

Get drug? Yes, if desperate glutton (6,4)

flowerflowerflower

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1d

Boyfriend admits providing blow (4)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Fish found in salty river delta rather than lake (7)

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SA l INE (salty) with R (river) D (delta) replacing L (lake)

3d

Game plan is not working in Midlands town (10,3)

flowerflowerflower
4d

Increase storage capacity with small seal (4,2)

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RAM (Random Access Memory – storage facility on a computer) PUP (young seal)

5d

Relocate pitch - it helps to provide capital? (5,3)

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SHIFT (relocate) KEY (pitch)

7d

Race down hill to hide crack, in case of visitors? (7)

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LUGE (race down hill) around or ‘hiding’ GAG (crack)

8d

Dodgy tablet conserves figure, and it enhances the bust (10)

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An anagram (‘dodgy’) of TABLET around or ‘conserving’ CONE (figure). Chambers has this as a ‘miniature balcony’, but Eccles must be referring to a style of ladies’ underwear

11d

Halt VAR replay being broadcast to get treatment for wound (6,7)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Adviser is firm about University lecturer (10)

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CONSTANT (firm) round U (university) L (Lecturer)

17d

Itinerant lives in exotic resort (8)

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L L (lives as found on electrical devices) in an anagram (‘exotic’) of RESORT

19d

Monkey seen in tropical tree scratching bottom (7)

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TAMARIN d (tropical tree) without the last letter or ‘scratching bottom’

21d

Civil rights activist and poet cuddled by strange Louisianan (7)

flowerflowerflower
22d

Extra length, say, attributed to drug (3,3)

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L (length) EG (say) BY (attributed to) E (drug)

25d

Guides provided by Cambridge college over the phone (4)

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A homophone (‘over the phone’) of CAIUS (Cambridge College)