Independent Cryptic #11496

2023-08-16

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Across

1a

Rocket scientists start to launch section of bridge (5)

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4a

Stowaway repaired barge that contains food for Australians (9)

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9a

A fool helping without reason initially causes anxiety (9)

10a

People on vacation preserve nut (5)

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11a

Firing left then right? (14)

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13a

Noticed male wrongfully works (7)

15a

Place invaded by small revolutionary in space (6)

16a

Runner teams up every now and then (3)

18a

Post-mortem Balmoral holds to preserve body (6)

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20a

Mistakenly bet everyone follows new game (7)

23a

Fungus found in agitated horse's tummy or cow's heart (14)

26a

Bloke volunteers to get fish (5)

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27a

Drop of honey and bit of lemon put separately into Iberian beverage-paradise! (9)

28a

Very precise sonnet he translated about love (9)

29a

Releasing son force lock (5)

Down

1d

Might dating sites promote these close shaves? (10)

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2d

Broadcast about child raised originally in run-down area (7)

3d

Secure hollowed-out large tree (5)

4d

Shape a ringlet that's out of control (8)

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5d

Scavenger's apartment close to sewer (6)

6d

Practical experiment in which inspector goes over the edge? (9)

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7d

Some rugby players hold jobs in retirement getting degree at college first (7)

8d

Heat base of flask to produce sticky substance (4)

12d

Many labels misplaced? Certainly! (10)

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14d

Embarrassed one Liberal departed HQ topless (9)

17d

Lecturer troubled after growth discovered in deer perhaps (8)

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19d

Blade that Earl concealed in club (7)

21d

Get rid of a cat that is eating waste essentially (7)

22d

Overcharge labourer from the South for work on a wall (6)

24d

Greedily eat starters of halved olives grown in Turkey (5)

25d

Remove skin of some cured meat to find slugs (4)