Independent Cryptic #11585

2023-11-28

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Across

1a

Currently uncle's wobbly chin OK (6)

flowerflowerflower
4a

3 with sexy approach (8)

flowerflowerflower
10a

Wood perhaps flattening itself (7)

flowerflowerflower
11a

Couple's fifty tattoos deteriorate over time (7)

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LINKAGE (tie; couple)

12a

Number of 3s very happy stripping sides on cupboard (10)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Maple lasts for ever unlike fabric IKEA recalled (4)

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ACER (plant of the maple genus)

14a

Supermarket has no parking can you believe it? (3)

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COO (expressive of surprise; can you believe it)

15a

North American cut bare cedars in street back for shopkeeper (11)

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TRADESWOMAN (shopkeeper)

18a

Trendy pants Catherine's gift from Will (11)

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INHERITANCE (transmission from a past generation; gift from a will)

20a

Price reduced for salad (3)

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COS (lettuce; salad vegetable)

21a

Muppet one exiting English chauffeured car (4)

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ELMO (furry red Muppet monster who lives on Sesame Street)

22a

Cut 6 at right-angles for fair price (10)

flowerflowerflower
26a

2's girlfriend catches fool seeing another woman (7)

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LETITIA (woman’s name)

27a

3's wife really into Nigella's wings (7)

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MADONNA (Mary, mother of Jesus, wife of Joseph the CARPENTER [3 down])

28a

Off-roader provided by Spooner's bosses at the BBC (8)

flowerflowerflower
29a

Fungal problem has doctor turning blue (6)

flowerflowerflower

Down

1d

As capital might be gripped by congestion I cycle (5)

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IONIC (relating to an order of Greek architecture characterized by the volute [spiral scroll] of its capital [head or top part of a column])

2d

Spaceman finding ring of light around poles ordinary (7)

flowerflowerflower
3d

15 grouse on log (9)

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CARPENTER (example of a TRADESWOMAN [15 across])

5d

Healthy nurse takes down 3's scary picture (9)

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HALLOWEEN (horror film directed by John CARPENTER [3 down])

6d

Long leg and point (4)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Electronic eye ached terribly in the morning (7)

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HEADCAM (small video camera attached to a hat or helmet or strapped to the head, used especially to provide video footage from the wearer’s perspective; electronic eye)

8d

21's signs of age (9)

flowerflowerflower
9d

Cancel party after fun fails to start (4)

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UNDO (cancel)

14d

Butcher held slice cut from joint? (9)

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CHISELLED (cut, possibly from connections between pieces of wood [joint])

16d

Physicist's tiny opposite old docked wooden boat (9)

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ANTIQUARK (the antiparticle [opposite ] corresponding to the QUARK [fundamental subatomic particle of special interest to physicists]

17d

Little old mayor looking embarrassed about second home in Australia (9)

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WEEKENDER (Australian term for a second home or holiday cottage)

19d

Shake the arms being covered with wood shavings? (7)

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HAMSTER (small rodent often kept as a pet in a hutch lined with sawdust or wood shavings)

20d

Recliner on which Charlie sits daily (7)

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CLEANER (a daily)

23d

Slugs for example live a short time (4)

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AMMO (slugs are a form of ammunition)

24d

Rose suddenly developed petal (5)

flowerflowerflower
25d

Pierce turned willow spindle's top (4)

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STAB (pierce)