Independent Cryptic #11671

2024-03-07

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1a

Dull drink on rather wet island avoided (7)

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

HUM I D (rather wet) excluding (avoided) I (island) + RUM (drink)

5a

Instrument from retreating boat on fire (7)

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9a

Posts announced for Guys (5)

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10a

Irate six-footer fed with one pastry (9)

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

CROSS (annoyed) containing (fed with) I (Roman numeral for one) + ANT (a six-footed insect)

11a

Big duck finally making eggs smoother (9)

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12a

Big cat doorman skinned (5)

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13a

An aggrieved Len organised time at home (14)

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18a

Drug ring encircles space over by pub before scrap (14)

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

PHONE (ring) containing (encircles) ( EN [a space in printing terminology] + O [over] + BAR [pub] + BIT [a scrap])

20a

Twin birds following river (5)

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22a

Face egos jostling to control university exchanges (9)

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

DIAL (face) + ( an anagram of [jostling] EGOS containing [to control] U [university])

24a

He presents a Gallic person nursing child (9)

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

A + ( NORMAN [French {Gallic} person] containing [nursing] CH [child])

25a

Companion eliminating king's bad guy (5)

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

F R IEND (companion) excluding (eliminating) R (Rex; king)

26a

Sailor's call that possibly follows (7)

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27a

Herring recipe with cool clam soup periodically used (7)

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Down

1d

Title of monarch with time garners zero respect (6)

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

( HM [His/Her Majesty, title of monarch] + AGE [time]) containing (garners) O (letter symbolising zero)

2d

Improve intros to main elements later in talk (9)

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3d

Emperor once turned on a dreaded follower? (5)

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4d

Weapon duke regularly found in an ancient region (9)

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5d

Polish company in revolutionary Russia (5)

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

CO (company) contained in (in) RUS ( RUS sia) reversed (revolutionary)

6d

Cryptic clues as to what's cooking? (9)

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7d

Ascending green warbler channels strength (5)

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8d

Bound covers of TIME article on centre of ledge (8)

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14d

Copter carrying corrupt cop's cake (9)

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15d

O Casualty b (9)

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16d

Sickeningly bits of alum devalued natural gold layer (9)

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17d

Get closer to one extremely plump fish (8)

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19d

Exhausted American fool ultimately promoted (6)

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

US (United States; American) + DUP E (fool) with the final lette r (ultimately) E moved up this down entry to the front (promoted) to form E DUP

21d

Colour of instant beverage (5)

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22d

Doctor absorbed by couple's animated film (5)

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23d

Rotten goalie essentially rubbish (5)

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