Independent Cryptic #11493

2023-08-12

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Across

1a

Rock music star's at bar sons find extremely unpleasant (9)

6a

Revolutionary shoots foot (5)

9a

When husband remains (3)

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10a

Rock band's sharing mike with campaign for Amnesty (9)

11a

Thirsty seeing English beer with no head (5)

12a

Solo travelling over to the Far East - knight's not giving up (7,2)

14a

A naked member of the orchestra's dressing (5)

15a

Protocol using one greenhouse component to grip the other (7)

16a

Lily possibly cut by soldier returning for flower (7)

17a

Following organisation's sign discounting electronic book on Kindle (3,4)

20a

Perhaps steroid - and hard cash - briefly used to secure gold (7)

23a

Daughter getting into American university gets grant (5)

24a

One who shouts about opening of theatre as venue for The Hunchback of Notre-Dame? (4,5)

26a

Dice - one turned to a number 5 twice? (5)

27a

Watched Five making a comeback with cover of Roger Daltrey's debut (9)

28a

Whisky drunk by Harry Enfield (3)

29a

At the end old friend gets trifle (5)

30a

One who thinks the oxygen will go before part of flight (9)

Down

1d

Light seen when pastor joins church (5)

2d

Book a student on M5 northbound following start of accident (7)

3d

Space satellite engineers sent up bit by bit gets more chaotic (7)

4d

Dislocated mangy hobbit's doodah (11)

5d
22d

(and 22 Down) Kayak docked with conditions embodying potentially difficult situation (3,2,5)

6d

Report following the woman's affair (7)

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7d

Newspaper 50/50 in support of party - one might have been stitched up? (3,4)

8d

Commit adultery - writer discovered 5,22 (9)

13d

Spraying Chanel No. 5's cool (11)

15d

Did government department occasionally fund head (9)

18d

Initially naval officers' mess is needing a list of names (7)

19d

Princess dismissing Daily Mirror story - ultimately as speculation? (7)

21d

Eddy's protecting unfashionable Tina Turner (7)

22d

See 5 Down

25d

Director's term supporting drama school's way of finding oneself? (5)

27d

Police force is satisfied (3)