Independent Cryptic #11459

2023-07-04

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Across

1a

Powerful giant's beginning to dispatch 100 in mythical play (8)

5a

Points to two articles to wrap (6)

9a

Teachers abandoning old city keeping new desks (8)

10a

Trembling finger finally on the buzzer! (6)

12a

After Court Judge disrobes and again for Club (4)

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13a

Without hesitation sprinters initially run past location of Pioneers (10)

14a

Being animated once again setter bursts into wizard's home backwards with award (6)

16a

Unpredictable lad bags small animal (7)

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19a

About to follow on improvise with number one bat (7)

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21a

English bishop maybe stays outside conflict for king (6)

23a

Airy view of cold case up for review (10)

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25a

Diagram of tool unfinished (4)

27a

Not out in the open or behind unframed window (6)

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28a

Witch's cat perhaps half-starved meets storyteller (8)

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29a

Provide gorilla skin clothing for Jackson? (6)

30a

Persuade Nigel I've reformed (8)

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Down

1d

Permits capital punishment here? Not good! (6)

2d

Condensed version of rom-com featuring Charlie is ridiculous (9)

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3d

Dip ends of long metal pole in... (4)

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4d

...river with rising discharge over crop (7)

6d

12's team that might hold things together (9)

7d

Archipelago has section of crag noticeably elevated (5)

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8d

Strengthen one third of cheese starting with curdled rennet (8)

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11d

No more than 1000 European Engineers? (4)

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15d

It stops you seeing old Swedish soprano collapse after breathlessness at first (9)

17d

Object about a little running water causing excitement (9)

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18d

Throwing out veg in City - almost rotten (8)

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20d

King disembarks from boat to eat away (4)

21d

Justify Concorde on the radio perhaps? (7)

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22d

Opening space one in 12? (6)

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24d

At end of Ramadan look up pensioner? (5)

26d

Muses perhaps on fiancée now and again (4)