Independent Cryptic #11408

2023-05-05

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Across

1a

Number disembarking from rear American vehicle (3)

3a

Bird externally loud and malignant having head bitten off - such as the roc? (10)

10a

Fiddle player’s leader the (5)

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11a

Prattling on making sudden attacks about former monarch (9)

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12a

Ruler in rage decapitated soldiers (7)

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13a

Former supporter of empire in dire straits (7)

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14a

Two Australians separately splitting atomic particle? It’s a simple thing (9)

16a

German invested in unstable euro not following expected course (5)

17a

Areas of land: is a smaller quantity further reduced? (5)

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19a

Advert perhaps shows a songbird flying (9)

21a

Copper uncontrollable not given to supporting investigation (7)

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24a

Stop explaining consequence of docking (7)

26a

Work at something for cow and sheep: start of agricultural programme (9)

27a

Shakespearean spirit I observed in live opening in London (5)

28a

Intend to restrict large source of continuing religious gloom (10)

29a

Arrange song for the people (3)

Down

1d

Beat discrimination with a change of leader (5)

2d

P Hair i (7)

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4d

I note Judge without money bumping off writer - painful (9)

5d

Mountainous territory tense? Feels like it to me (5)

6d

Articles about saint’s last historic letter? (5)

7d

Thinking debut requires one to conceal energy (7)

8d

Have no time for rehearsal? Sound unhappy and move deliberately perhaps (9)

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9d

Fraudulent to encourage evidence of debt? (8)

14d

Considered cost of high honour after receiving number: it’s no great state (9)

15d

Auden poem: close to the end when master interrupts (9)

16d

Verses disseminating air and beauty (non-English) (8)

18d

Song-like carillon not working sadly having variable interior (7)

20d

Not friendly? That’s very much US spies in Albania (7)

22d

Historic Ohio burdened abandoning America (5)

23d

Hoard remains under street (5)

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25d

Twisted of friend to dispose of a distinctive building (5)

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