Independent Cryptic #11449

2023-06-22

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8a

Renoir upset king by mistake (7)

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9a

Receive word about husband with open-ended 12 month break (6)

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10a

Greek poet old boy deported by those who hate foreigners penning article (10)

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11a

Brilliant Swiss knight put in jail (4)

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12a

Wife promoted to head of a Jersey city? (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

A COW (perhaps a Jersey = a breed of dairy cows), with the W (abbreviation for wife) moved to the front (promoted to head). City in Texas.

14a

Organised Utah tribal ablution ceremony (10)

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18a

English retired vicar coming round to swing (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

E (abbreviation for English), with REV (abbreviation for Reverend = title for a vicar) reversed (retired) coming around it. Swing = veer = deviate from a straight path.

19a

Problem children (5)

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20a

Queen administered India (4)

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21a

Flying into the unknown? (10)

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23a

Hospital radio host taking a trip to Mecca (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

H (abbreviation for hospital) + DJ (disc jockey = radio host), containing (taking) A . Also spelled Hajj, or other variants: the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca.

24a

Kills 40 on board with a single arrow? (4)

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26a

Northern terraces like this line from Amy Winehouse song (10)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

BACK TO B [l] ACK (Amy Winehouse song) without the L (abbreviation for line). Back-to-back terraced houses, often associated with industrial towns in the North of England, were built with two rows of houses sharing a rear wall (without any garden or yard between them).

29a

Film-maker Mack reported governing body (6)

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30a

One found in a tree in Mexico stoned (7)

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Down

1d

Yellowhammer - in January it escapes (4)

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2d

0-60 (min time for action!) (8)

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3d

Chef Harris cooked tropical catch with spit (10)

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4d

Outlaw eating right source of dietary fibre (4)

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5d

Disorder and mayhem without old Dave's partner? (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

CHA [o] S (disorder and mayhem) without the O (abbreviation for old). The late musician Charles (Chas) Hodges, one half of the duo Chas & Dave.

6d

Filling in date of birth Jay sorted out his main employment (6)

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7d

Morgan for one regularly peeled red onions (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Alternate letters (regularly peeled) from [r] E [d] O [n] I [o] N [s]. Irish male given name, used by (for example) the cricketer Eoin Morgan.

13d

Finished eight ahead I'm told (5)

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15d

Leaders of Sri Lanka invested in home-grown product a key part of the (5)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

First letters (leaders) of S [ri] L [anka] inserted into TEA (home-grown product: Sri Lanka is one of its major producers). The US electric car company, one of the world’s most valuable companies, which features in the US stock exchange NASDAQ (22 down).

16d

American baseball legend forced into error of judgement (10)

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17d

Looking fit Mark somersaults expending last bit of energy (5)

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20d

Note: before lunch tramp consumed the equivalent of six bottles (8)

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22d

New question about British supermarket stock listing in the US (6)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

N (abbreviation for new) + Q a(bbreviation for question), around ASDA (British supermarket chain). Stock exchange in the US: in full, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Stock Market.

25d

Dog runs off at first call from umpire (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

[r] OVER (supposedly a common name for a dog) with the initial R (abbreviation for runs, in cricket scoring) removed (runs off at first). In cricket, the umpire calls “over” after a sequence of six legally-bowled balls, to indicate that the next bowler should start from the opposite end.

26d

High-pitched sound live put on record (4)

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27d

Italian greeting found in Chicago every now and again (4)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Alternate letters (every now and then) in C [h] I [c] A [g] O . Informal greeting in Italian, used for either “hello” or “goodbye”.

28d

Bill's partner left with it (4)

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