Independent Cryptic #11592

2023-12-06

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Across

9a

Back end of chestnut horse given stroke (9)

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10a

Drifters' intro missing instruments (5)

11a

Run over sickly tree (5)

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12a

Old keg treated with new understanding (9)

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13a

Answer briefly as before: Bother! (3)

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14a

Crop's yielding least essentially reduced by 99% (7)

16a

Fellow tailing May Queen's close (3)

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17a

American spared by virus with spirit intact (6)

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19a

Singular actor headed season (6)

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21a

General's quick to reject outsiders (3)

22a

Boxed posh goods carried by sleigh (7)

24a

Teacher to some extent rebuffed Christian (3)

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25a

If car's faltering on ice give up (9)

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28a

G W Bush occasionally visited an Eastern city (5)

29a

Very boring dance party (5)

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30a

One lining wheel of new turbine wasted energy (9)

Down

1d

Pro succeeded with reconfiguration and ran accessory for Mac? (7)

2d

Vehicle's second phone now installed (10)

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3d

Feature trousers one third off (4)

4d

It's possibly willow that supplies flame I'm not sure (6)

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5d

Cultists vote to stop rearing children (8)

6d

Sweet trifle (4)

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7d

Court date for driver? (4)

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8d

A grim location for a wake (6)

14d

Peaks hotel seems miserable denied the early sun (5)

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15d

Nervous tense setter's supported by papers (5)

16d

Mum searched frantically wanting diameter for pipe (10)

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18d

An inflammatory state it's adjoining Northern Europe (8)

20d

She may have claret served up containing some ice (7)

21d

Brightness and passion shown by engineers (6)

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23d

Leaves cash for American politicians (6)

26d

It might provide shelter from cold hail (4)

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27d

Principally intrepid sergeant loses everything in 4D/16A setting (4)

28d

Charge patients here? (4)

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