Independent Cryptic #11590

2023-12-04

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1a

Comments as Seinfeld character recalled debut in sitcom (7)

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(cosmo) KRAMER reversed & debut of S(itcom). Cosmo Kramer is a character in Seinfeld I never watched Seinfeld so had to look him up.

5a

Happy to run around ship (7)

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BLEED to run in say dyes in cloth with SS – ship inserted

9a

Mug from New York hotel is breaking (5)

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Mug as in a fool or ninny. INN – hotel – inside NY – New York

10a

Act unaided and aim to drink vermouth before lunchtime? (2,2,5)

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IT – vermouth as they are ITalian generally inside GOAL – aim & ONE – lunchtime say

11a

Published work by journalist performed better (9)

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12a

Philosopher backing computer company (5)

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MAC – a computer & CO(mpany) all reversed

13a

Commotion as friend gets house during bingo on vacation (8)

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ALLY – friend & HO(use) all in a vacated B(ing)O

15a

Almost stumbled on crook (5)

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Most of FEL(L) – stumbled & ON

17a

Write copy about extremely philosophical computer company (5)

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APE – copy around the extremes of P(hilosophhica)L. MAC and now APPLE, is Bluth getting a bung to advertise? 🙂

19a

Intermittently clear day with nothing on, sweetheart (4-4)

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Alternate letters of c L e A r D a Y & LOVE – nothing, zero

22a

Ultimately celery has plastic Lidl wrapping that depicts simple rural scene (5)

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End of (celer)Y inside – wrapped by – a plastic LIDL*

24a

Help for the poor old woman with parking - an outstanding plan (6,3)

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RELIEF – help for the poor & MA – old woman & P(arking)

26a

Conduct review of unrestricted river harbour after docking (9)

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A reviewed [ unrestricted (r)IVE(r) & docked HARBOU(r)]*

27a

Remote university holding party - get tip for beer pong (5)

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OU the Open University where you study remotely with DO – party inserted & and of (bee)R

28a

Some attend lessons non-stop (7)

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Some of att END LESS ons

29a

Speak to 10 Downing Street for example (7)

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Blimey a simple double definition, not been many of these today.

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1d
16d

(and 16 Down) Way to describe all possible outcomes of Braverman and tabloid both wanting leadership to change (6,8)

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2d

Tiny detail - from motorway, head on to A1 northbound (7)

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MI or rather M1 a motorway & NUT – head & AI or A1 reversed, heading north

3d

Prince maybe offensive to describe colour (5,4)

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ROYAL a prince say & BLUE – offensive to some

4d

Regretful after making case of rubber goods wet (5)

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SORRY – regretful with RR – the case of R(ubbe)R replaced by GG – 2xG(ood)

5d

Public essentially find cycling over the hill without being able to see ... (9)

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Middle letters of – essentially – (pu)BL(ic) & a cycling FIND or INDF & OLD – over the hill

6d

... a source of inspiration - regularly see reaction (5)

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Alternate letters of s E e R e A c T i O n

7d

Patient in cast massaged with oil (7)

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8d
21d

(and 21 Down) Feature of Oxford University Press I’m reading for revision (8,6)

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14d

Really funny greeting - different opening is ten times bigger (9)

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HI – greeting & (v/L)ARIOUS. Various – different with the V – five replaced by L – fifty – ten times larger

15d

Diet including brewed ales and hot pork pie (9)

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FOOD – diet containing a brewed ALES* and H(ot)

16d

See 1 Down

18d

School year's separating in games - daughter's excited (7)

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Y(ear) separating SCH(ool) inside PE – games & D(aughter)

20d

Desert - perhaps at speed it sounds like dessert after volume's adjusted initially (7)

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Initial letters of V(olume) A(djusted) & MOOSE – sounds like MOUSSE – a dessert

21d

See 8 Down

23d

Dictator’s tax enlarged Bank of America? (5)

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I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:

Bank as in river – it sounds like LEVY – tax

25d

Burglar vanishes, hiding grub (5)

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