Independent Cryptic #11645

2024-02-06

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Across

9a

Instrument you fake for broadcast? I'm not sure (9)

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

A homophone (‘for broadcast’) of YOU PHONEY (fake) + UM (‘I’m not sure’)

10a
1d

(and 1 Down) CEO returning award, remorseful at last: annul pleasevery dodgy (5,8)

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11a

Joke found in New Testament work (5)

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12a

Game in long time one must stop: these from 3 not enough! (9)

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POLO (game) in AGES (long time) round or ‘stopped by’ I (one)

13a

Salacious but quiet amid endless calm (7)

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STFU (shut the f**k up – ‘quiet’) in LUL l (calm) missing the last letter or ‘endless’

14a

Faulty 3 system as far as one can see? (7)

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Double definition

16a

Son with us greeting Japanese dish (5)

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18a

Problems in electronics for starters causing confusion (3)

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First letters or ‘starters’ of Problems In Electronics

19a

Welshwoman English track among Poles

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E (English) RY (railway – ‘track’) in N and S (north and south ‘poles’)

21a

Ogle cheery magazine exposing 3 scandal (4,3)

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GLAD (cheery) EYE (‘Private Eye’ – magazine exposing the PO scandal)

22a

Composer at sea left band without piano backing (7)

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A reversal (‘backing’) of p ORT (left at sea) missing the ‘p’ (piano) SEAM (band)

24a

One in the wind, singular events involving 3 staff? (9)

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I (one) in MISTRAL (wind) + S (singular)

26a

See 22 Down

27a

Lacking energy conclude article further on (5)

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

INF e R (conclude) missing or ‘lacking’ ‘e’ (energy) + A (article)

28a

Backing musical about 3 worker (9)

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A reversal (‘backing’ – again!) of EVITA (musical) RE (about) PO (Post Office – 3d)

Down

1d

See 10 Across

2d

Penny coming in dispatches fritters? (6)

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3d

Locus of scandal: criminal scope of it carrying force (4,6)

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An anagram (‘criminal’) of SCOPE OF IT round or ‘carrying’ F (force)

4d

Kajagoogoo singer in Peruvian city hotel on lake (6)

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

LIMA (Peruvian city) H (heel) L (lake) – we had to check this one!

5d

Male, in truth, that is insincerely suave sort (8)

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M (male) in SOOTH (obsolete word for ‘truth’) IE (that is)

6d

Mate has 3 going in both directions (4)

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PO (Post Office – 3d) reversed and forwards – ‘in both directions’

7d

From Yank it's a sound prize? (8)

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A homophone (‘sound’) of PULL (Yank) IT’S A

8d

Man distressed by treacherous woman? (6)

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Cryptic definition – referring to Delilah (‘treacherous woman’) cutting SAMSON’s hair or ‘dis-tressing’ him

15d

Athlete on mountain eating a vegetable (6,4)

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RUNNER (athlete) BEN (mountain) round or ‘eating’ A

17d

Derides old Fujitsu leader twice with glass shattered (5,3)

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O (old) F F (first letter or ‘leader’ of Fujitsu, repeated) after an anagram (‘shattered’) of GLASS

18d

Exploitative body PO duplicitous with trader? (8)

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20d

Jocks found in hammock among the crew? (8)

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COT (hammock) in SS MEN (ship men or ‘crew’)

21d

Willing to finish earlyscrap strategic move (6)

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

GAM e (willing) missing the last letter or ‘finishing early’ + BIT (scrap)

22d
26a

(and 26 Across) Sub-postmaster against 3 in film sat happily with beer (6,5)

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23d

Bird closed beak on morsel (6)

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25d

Have novel experience with 10 1's successor? (4)

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

READ (‘have novel experience’ – as in reading a book) – a reference to Nick Read, the new PO CEO