Independent Cryptic #11345

2023-02-21

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1a

In dining room English crazy about French ladies (8)

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6a

Musician in north cutting cost (6)

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PRINCE (reference the American musician PRINCE Rogers Nelson [1958 – 2016], for some time referred to as ‘The artist formerly known as PRINCE ‘)

9a

Purchase a raven 20 18 kept (4)

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GRIP (clutch; control; purchase)

10a

Fickle folk, English, tucking into fruit after tea (10)

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CHAMELEONS (changeable, or readily adaptable people; fickle folk)

11a

Condition in maths reworked attracting top grade (6)

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ASTHMA (chronic disorder of the organs of respiration; [medical] condition)

12a

Compulsory turn-out? (8)

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EVICTION (expel [turn out] from a dwelling)

13a
19d

(and 19 Down) 6A's observation on excessive tabloid exposure? (1,2,3,4,1,3,3)

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[ I AM TOO MUCH ] I’ THE SUN

16a

Native American doctrine unfinished (4)

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CREE (member of a Native American tribe living in Montana and parts of Canada)

17a

Hero unemployed reportedly (4)

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IDOL (hero)

19a

Faultless conception of a particular religion? (10)

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IMMACULATE (faultless)

22a

In the 20s perhaps champion advances rapidly (8)

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SCORCHES (drives [advances] very quickly)

24a

Gulag has thirty guards filled with terror (6)

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AGHAST (stupefied with horror)

26a

Finch, outside science rooms, backing participant in rally? (6,4)

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TENNIS BALL (an object that is used in a rally on a TENNIS court)

27a

Use phone when abroadring to break strike? (4)

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ROAM (use a mobile phone in a place outside the standard area of coverage, such as abroad)

28a

Seat moved, by sailors, towards the rear (6)

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ASTERN (nautical term meaning towards the rear of a boat)

29a

Grass surrounding lake after dump transformed (8)

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RESTYLED (redesigned; transformed)

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2d

Continents considered as a whole one in ruined US area (7)

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EURASIA (Europe and Asia considered as one continent)

3d

Where conflict arises at sea, these charges may be dropped (5)

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DEPTH (reference DEPTH charges [powerful bomb that explodes under water (dropped over or near submarines])

4d

Locus for enthusiasts regularly using revolutionary toy (7)

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MECCANO (old toy consisting of a set of small metal plates, rods, nuts and bolts, etc with which models can be constructed)

5d

Furious book by 6A 25 (5)

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SPARE (slang term for upset, angry or distracted; furious)

6d

Irritable character in 18 sent up having accepted six shillings (7)

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PEEVISH (irritable)

7d

Similar in every detail, papers a client misplaced (9)

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8d

Rook with flatfish brings comfort when distressed (7)

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CONSOLE (cheer [comfort] in distress)

14d

Give encouraging cry during ecstasy (9)

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TOLERANCE (leeway; give)

15d

Muslims occasionally seen in German city (3)

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ULM (German city)

18d

Elevated hero in Scotland knows devil (7)

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DICKENS (one of the many names for the devil)

19d

See 13 Across

20d

25's old man in check on French city (7)

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CHARLES (reference the current UK Monarch, King CHARLES , father of Price HARRY [25d])

21d

With a will, the nation bans heroin (7)

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TESTATE (having made and left a valid will)

23d

Part of flight with one 19D? (5)

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STAIR (part of a flight of STAIR s)

25d

Badger would be dangerous with one coming in for a run (5)

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HARRY (harass; badger)