Independent Cryptic #11591

2023-12-05

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1a

Temporary accommodation frowned on by 3 affected hearing vision (8)

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Temporary accommodation frowned on by 3 , affected hearing vision CAMP (=affected, of behaviour) + homophone (“hearing”) of “sight (=vision)”; former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman (=entry at 3) frowned upon the refugee camps in Northern France, say

5a

A small sailing boat put back in constantly (6)

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A small sailing boat put back in constantly LWAY (YAWL=sailing boat; “put back” indicates reversal)] in [A + S (=small, in sizes)]

9a

Knut will soften spleen (9)

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Knut will soften spleen I’ll (=Knut will, i.e. our compiler) + TEMPER (=to soften, tone down)

11a

When retired Betty Ford pens a classic song (5)

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12a

Single male reluctantly jailed endlessly? (5)

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13a

Zip slightly less rubbish? (9)

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Zip slightly less rubbish? zip is nothing, zero (in American English); “not (quite) a scrap” might mean “slightly less rubbish”

14a

On top of that acquiring large hotel building on turnpike (8)

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On top of that, acquiring large hotel building on turnpike [L (=large, of sizes) in TO BOOT (=on top of that)] + H (=hotel)

15a

Long to make some money after end of study (5)

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Long to make some money after end of study <stud> Y (“end of” means last letter only) + EARN (=make some money)

17a

Steers clear - occasionally volatile firm run by an odd dude! (5)

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Steers clear – occasionally volatile firm run by an odd dude! <s> T <e> E <r> S <c> L <e> A <r>; “occasionally” means alternate letters only are used; the reference is to the automotive company Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk

18a

Poor Keir's adrift regularly gambled (8)

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Poor Keir’s adrift, regularly gambled *(KEIR’S) + <a> D <r> I <f> T (“regularly” means alternate letters only are used); “poor” is anagram indicator

21a

Charlie and his sister left Midge in the groove (9)

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Charlie and his sister left Midge in the groove C (=Charlie, in NATO alphabet) + ANNE (=sister of Charlie, i.e. King Charles!) + L (=left) + URE (=Midge, i.e. UK singer); a cannelure is a groove, e.g. around the cylindrical part of a bullet

22a

Carnivore longing to occupy an area of land (5)

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23a

1st XI took food before noon (5)

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24a

Gets along well with this weird initially irritating nob (9)

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Gets along well with this weird, initially irritating nob *(THIS) + I <rritating> (“initially” means first letter only) + TOFF (=nob, person of high standing); “weird” is anagram indicator

25a

Trip over uniform object husband left (6)

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Trip over uniform object husband left O (=over, in cricket) + U (=uniform, in NATO alphabet) + T <h> ING (=object, article; “ husband (=H) left” means letter “h” is dropped)

26a

Landlord's sardonic next-day offer to deliver better times scrapped (8)

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1d

About Sunak's lacking height: it's a major problem (6)

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About Sunak’s lacking height: it’s a major problem C (=about, i.e. circa) + RIS <h> I’S (=Sunak, i.e. UK PM; “lacking height (=H)” means letter “h” is dropped)

2d

Falsely claim debts in 19 on 1A? That's wickedness! (15)

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Falsely claim debts in 19 on 1A? That’s wickedness ! *(CLAIM) + IOUs (=debts) + IN + TENT (=shelter (=entry at 19) on campsite (=entry at 1A))

3d

Heroine of the far right - a sort of smaller Eva Braun (15)

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4d

Break in/half tame a piebald nag (7)

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6d

Long sentence technique inherently echoic e.g. 8 18D for (15)

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7d

Enter Tel Aviv to a new way of expressing democracy (15)

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8d

Oozing a bit of liquid injected when unconscious (8)

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Oozing a bit of liquid injected when unconscious L <iquid> (“bit of” means first letter only) in SEEPING (=oozing)

10d

Starts to read extremely tasteless Conservative homeless gag (5)

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16d

Instruction to players to set up musical whip round (8)

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18d

Trump sounding coarse (5)

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19d

Housing - very steep housing - for subaltern (7)

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20d

US economist famous for his curve sounds like (6)

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, famous for devising the Laffer curve; homophone (“sounds like”) of “laugher (=hyena, entry at 22)”