Independent Cryptic #11483

2023-08-01

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Across

1a

One in the car to overtake on changing green (9)

6a

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10a

Wading birds digesting fish with a plant (10)

11a

He’s a peer, not entirely before time (4)

12a

One helps criminals - arsonist initially improved (7)

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13a

Wined and dined, get last couples out wandering around (7)

15a

It’s cold in this place with restricted energy and disheartened refugees - these console (8)

17a

While listening, travelled Route 66 perhaps? (Is it 19 and 13?) (4)

19a

Have yen, half the capital and $1000 in a single letter (4)

21a

Dug out of bed? - shown to be false (8)

24a

He’s in a state: “I twitch over Eastern philosophy” (7)

25a

A part of this car if you can make series of scratches (7)

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28a

This little fact is pretentious stuff (4)

29a

Wants special places like Motown (10)

30a

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31a

TV plot with 17 in song (9)

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2d

Motorway stopped - hang about in snarl-up (8)

3d

This track would get us rising with a start (5)

4d

Destination of 17 in song of this time and place (7)

5d

Be creepy, strange, if not odd as this (4)

7d

Elaborate artwork might be this in the red (9)

8d

Bring kids up? Every year, a regular payment (6)

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9d

More silver-grey, finally white, hairs, unkempt (6)

14d

‘Whispering’, best song on record? (5)

16d

Conceited 11 briefly became cruel, though not sad (9)

18d

Personal growth shown by that woman retaining extremely low frequency on record (4-4)

20d

Pleasant-sounding hard rock? (6)

22d
27d

(and 27 Down) Song of scrambled circle by one in velodrome event (7,4)

23d
30a

(and 30 Across, 6 Across) Wee devil’s ice cream vehicle song (6,5,5)

26d

Turning part runs car beginning to go (5)

27d

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