Independent Cryptic #11635

2024-01-25

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Across

1a

Most unusual storing data setting for Amazon say (10)

flowerflowerflower
6a

Ball beats me! (4)

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10a

Clear screen (3)

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11a

Object's engineers battle time and cost (11)

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

RE (Engineers) MONS (battle) T (time) RATE (cost)

12a

Bandage major laceration on Tuesday (8)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Penny slept with tartan blanket (5)

flowerflowerflower
15a

Work always covering term time for school inspectors? (7)

flowerflowerflower
16a

Stretch things as far as possible tailor's suggestion? (7)

flowerflowerflower
17a

Navy uniform in stock provides chest brace (7)

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

RN (Navy) U (uniform) in STEM (stock)

20a

Cub leader has grease around head (7)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Tenants denied outside access (5)

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

r ENTER s (tenants) missing first and last letters or ‘denied outside’

23a

Speculative citizen swaps an ace for nothing (8)

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

N a TIONAL (citizen) with ‘a’ (ace) being swapped for O (nothing)

25a

Old rich Tories drunk on power (11)

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

An anagram (‘drunk’) of RICH TORIES after P (power)

26a

Fix geometric ratio with any number (3)

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

PI (geometric ratio) and N (any number as used in mathematics)

27a

American drunkard turns to fighting dog (4)

flowerflowerflower
28a

Only a balloon thank goodness (10)

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

JUST (only) A SWELL (balloon)

Down

1d

Called and spoke (4)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Maybe burgle independent theatre committing offence (7)

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3d

Instead of proposed refund it swapped bad apples (14)

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4d

Promise not to be unfaithful again? (7)

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5d

Spades also remove the stones from play area (7)

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7d

Mother in AA not losing love for the hard stuff (7)

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

DAM (mother) in AA and N o T losing ‘o’ (love). We had to check the definition – adamant is a name applied by the ancients to various hard substances. It is also an obsolete term for diamond, the hardest substance although there is no indication in the clue that we are looking for an ‘old’ meaning.

8d

Son has one meal after another then seconds showing determination (10)

flowerflowerflower
9d

Cyclops a touch poorly beginning to suspect bug (14)

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

An anagram (‘poorly’) of CYCLOPS A TOUCH + S (first letter or ‘beginning’ to suspect)

14d

Pro bottles shot in deep trap (10)

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18d

Dishes from Lent essentially ashes? (7)

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19d

Fellow setter out cycling shows spirit (7)

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

MAN (fellow) I (setter) and OUT with the last letter moved to the front or ‘cycling’

20d

Burning carbon slowing down in novel analysis (7)

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

LIT (burning) C (carbon) RIT (slowing down – musical notation)

21d

Illustration needs a little help Max Ernst reflected (7)

flowerflowerflower
24d

A river that's partly blue almost indigo (4)

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

A NIL e (‘river that’s partly blue’) missing the last letter or ‘almost’