Independent Cryptic #11566

2023-11-06

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9a

No inclination from military to make allowance for sovereign? (5,4)

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DD/CD. List here is used in the sense of tilt, so non-military tilt might be a civil list. The civil list was a previous mechanism for giving money to the monarchy – it has since been replaced by the sovereign grant.

10a

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11a

United supporters making return journey in chaos? (5)

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(U Fans)*. Snafu is an acronym of military origin meaning "Situation Normal: all fouled/f*cked up".

12a

Agony and ecstasy surrounding York's flower (9)

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(Hell(=agony) + e{stasy}(abbrev from the drug)) around Ebor(=old name for York, still used in things like the "Ebor Meeting")

13a

Kelvin assessed lasciviously becomes agitated (5-2)

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K{elvin} + eyed up(=assessed lasciviously)

14a

A Durbeyfield round the old place not fully dressed? (7)

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Tess(as in Tess Durbeyfield aka Tess of the D'Urbervilles) around (o{ld} pl{ace})

16a

Where Neagh is, lough: duck found therein? (3)

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18a

Is it pulled to preserve neck of jumper? (7)

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Not sure about this, but possibly rip(=preserve, as in the term for making electronic copies of something on a tape, CD etc) + cord(=neck of jumper, which would be a sort of cord). Could be considered an &lit but "Is it pulled" wouldn't really fit as part of the secondary clue, so I've just gone for that as the def.

20a

Swollen head? Say nothing! (3)

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21a

Song complete about Minoan daughter (7)

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(End(=complete) + aria(=song))<

22a

Sailor on island shortly having to take the plane? (7)

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Jack on Sky[e].

24a

Conductor contains transformed current (9)

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Contains* + i(=symbol for current in physics equations)

26a

Join force in a predicament (5)

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F{orce} in (a fix)

28a

Exhaust American power restraining Brussels? (3,2)

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(US P{ower}) around EU

29a

Presentation by The Who perhaps better suited to The Stones? (4,5)

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CD

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1d

Superb pilot with Spitfire initially breezes through? (4)

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Ace(=slang term for a good pilot) + S[pitfire]. Def is used in the sense of "acing something".

2d

Area to change enclosing one zoo feature (6)

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A{rea} + vary(=change) around I

3d

Flailed about having sunk going round lake (10)

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Foundered(=sunk) around l{ake}

4d

Unlucky incident where Mike in Russia given Putin's head (6)

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Misha(=a Russian form of Michael) + P[utin]

5d

Thisinvariably lethalused for starters in fight? (8)

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&lit. Initial letters of " t his i nvariably l ethal" in set-to. My only problem with the clue is that a stiletto, whilst lethal, wouldn't be invariably lethal. Maybe the question mark covers both dubious assertions (that it is always lethal and that it is used at the start of a fight).

6d

Stakenot post? (4)

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CD/DD. Ante means before, so "not post".

7d

Antiquated shoe's undersurface in to be repaired (8)

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Sole(=shoe's undersurface) in (to be)*

8d

Covered dock in Alabama with store and staff (10)

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Not sure on this. Seems to be Al(=Alabama) + pen(=dock, possibly in the sense of the dock in a courtroom) + store(=stock).

13d

Legendary ruler's blood on courtyard by ancient city (4,6)

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Kin(=blood in the sense of family) + garth(=old word for a courtyard) + Ur(=ancient Mesopotamian city)

15d

Prisoners into this, a good pandowdy prepared on the outside? (5,5)

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(A g{ood} pandowdy)*

17d

Midlands city having name for church in Dublin location? (8)

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Leicester with CE(=Church of England) replaced by n{ame}. Leinster is a province of Ireland which contains Dublin.

19d

Two notes put in played softly before first performance (8)

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(Re + mi)(=two notes) in (p(=piano, softly) + ere(=before))

22d

Skin irritation appearing after tin found in grass (6)

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Itch(=skin irritation) after Sn(=chemical symbol for tin)

23d
10a

(and 10 Across) Explosive inventor's rewritten fable with Elrond (6,5)

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25d

Record to break when finding mountains (4)

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LP in as(=when)

27d

Whiskey chaser? It's a revealing image (1-3)

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DD, referring to the phonetic alphabet where X-Ray follows Whiskey