Independent Cryptic #11549

2023-10-17

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Across

7a

Controversy surrounds some footballers (6)

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8a

Seal cubs swimming around parts of Tower Bridge? (8)

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10a

Rabbit eats head of velvet flower (4)

11a

Took kiln left for Victor (5)

12a

One rule for possessive pronoun (4)

13a

Bribe friend with money (4)

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15a

Percentage is not revised in tenders (10)

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19a

Australian native's commuter train? (3)

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20a

Orange layer of bronze statues (4)

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21a

Real virtue's oddly overlooked in high society (5)

22a

Company store (4)

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24a

Spots ship leaving food (3)

25a

Styptic thread kept in a hospital department (10)

27a

Road network's beginning to expand (4)

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28a

Part of fish to cook without recipe (4)

30a

Royal Victorian Order put back ballots (5)

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33a

Look for large coat (4)

34a

Poorly rendered description of poetic ugliness (8)

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35a

Passionate Shakespearean publisher meets Troy (6)

Down

1d

One actor performing wearing a crown? (8)

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2d

Army engineers cycling around small lake (4)

3d

Understands King George killed snakes (4)

4d

Leaders of export bank recruit old Spanish banker (4)

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5d

Uranium fuels minor navigational aid (4)

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6d

Go on first to answer (6)

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9d

Called native American lady (3)

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14d

Measure oxygen extracted from extra-terrestrial body (5)

15d

One may be dancing with board member (5)

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16d

Green source of oil (5)

17d

Bill supported by English port master (5)

18d

Upstanding character quits imperial force (5)

23d

Surprise headline reporting prisoner's capture (8)

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26d

Drunkard's stopped guard (6)

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29d

Person appears upset in feature film (4)

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30d

Deputy finally dismissed Bob's partner? (3)

31d

Reportedly fixed movement (4)

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32d

Cleaner in TV series (4)

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33d

Old tennis champion with Jennifer's husband (4)

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