Independent Cryptic #11612

2023-12-29

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1a

Dull doctor: “What’s coming on Monday?” (6)

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4a

Reckon what’s coming on Monday will have daughter deceived (8)

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10a

Improving old article by fellows in the centre of London (9)

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

O (abbreviation for old), then THE (the definite article) + MEN (fellows) in the centre letters of [lo] ND [on]. On the mend = improving = getting better after an illness.

11a

Tea popular in group of cafes? (5)

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12a

Criticise work largely empty but a brilliant display (7)

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

PAN (as a verb = criticise) + OP (short for Latin opus = a musical or literary work) + L [argel] Y without the inner letters (empty).

14a

Candidate I’m backing - nobody English will accept that (7)

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

I’M reversed (backing), inserted into (. . . will accept that) NONE (nobody) + E (abbreviation for English).

15a

Local youngster displaying attitude in confines of Brechin (5)

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

AIR (attitude, as in “walking with a confident air”) in the outer letters (confines) of B [rechi] N . Scottish and Northern English word for a child = local youngster, for example one from Brechin in Scotland.

16a

Purging method adopted by guy with symptom of drunkenness (9)

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

ART (method, as in “there’s an art to . . .” = a preferred way to do something), contained in (adopted by) CAT (guy = slang for man or person) + HIC (short for hiccup = a symptom of drunkenness).

18a

Fellow offering information: article about return of thaw (9)

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GEN (slang abbreviation for general information) + AN (a form of the indefinite article), around MELT (thaw) reversed (return of . . .).

19a

Walk miles to be caught in ambush (5)

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20a

Male working observed to be well-off (7)

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22a

Child’s relatives hide (7)

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KID’S (child’s) + KIN (relatives). Leather made from the hide of a young goat.

24a

Claim provided by small investor (5)

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AVER (claim, as a verb = state) next to S (abbreviation for small).

25a

Everybody with self-confidence gets mostly well-off as implied in symbolic narrative (9)

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27a

Argon vapour very much behind source of some marine obstruction (8)

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AR (Ar = chemical symbol for argon) + GAS (vapour) + SO (very much, as in “I so wish that . . .”), all behind the first letter (source) of S [ome]. Type of seaweed that forms large floating masses, especially in the region of the Atlantic known as the Sargasso Sea.

28a

Performer Poet Laureate: “What’s coming on Monday?” (6)

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Down

1d

Unproductive day after upturn implies decline (5)

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POOR (unproductive, as in poor soil) + D (abbreviation for day), all reversed (after upturn = upwards in a down clue).

2d

Something added in aspect of awkward encounter when out with new girlfriend? (9)

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3d

What’s coming on Monday? Not a whisky (3)

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

Anagram of YE [a] R (New Year = what’s coming on Monday), without the A. Whisky (or whiskey) made from rye grain.

5d

British scientist’s marriage not initially attracting people of fashion (9)

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6d

Again consolidated agreement to put in thatching (11)

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7d

Long period of time that’s new? (and a hint to eight other clues) (5)

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8d

Plague - about to flee? Not entirely a sign of stupidity (9)

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9d

Visionary: “What’s coming on Monday?” (4)

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

Anagram of YEAR (New Year = what’s coming on Monday). Aery = visionary = dreamlike, or descriptive of a noble idea that may not be practicable.

13d

What’s coming on Monday in a planet that’s stormy? One may take a shot here (11)

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

Anagram of YEAR (New Year = what’s coming on Monday), inside an anageam (stormy) of A PLANET . The area of a football pitch in front of the goal, containing the spot from which penalty kicks are taken.

15d

Substantial obscurities about American criminals (9)

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

BIG (substantial) + MISTS (obscurities), around A (abbreviation for American). People committing the crime of bigamy.

16d

Stage performers arrive: audience primarily enthralled by loud noises (9)

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

COME (arrive), then the first letter (primarily) of A [udiences] contained in (enthralled by) DINS (loud noises).

17d

Author and tense journalist: “What’s coming on Monday?” (9)

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21d

Note what’s coming on Sunday right? Not once (5)

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22d

Reflection of some skirtlike garment (4)

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23d

More precise governance taken up around college (5)

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

REIN (governance = control, as in “keeping a tight rein on . . .”) reversed (taken up = upwards in a down clue), around C (abbreviation for college). Nice, as in “a nice distiction” = precise or very specific.

26d

Set on climbing (3)

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