Independent Cryptic #11678

2024-03-15

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1a

Particular person following our team Mark (7)

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5a

Independent brought in Writers Working Allowance (7)

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9a

Salesman blocked by old woman? Plan again (5)

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10a

Musings having lost first and third votes (9)

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r E f LECTIONS (musings) without or ‘having lost’ the first and third letters

11a

Emotional arrangement for claviers (8)

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An anagram (‘arrangement’) of CLAVIERS

12a

Entropy completely reduced? Wrong (6)

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14a

Decide books should be removed from remains of building (4)

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15a

Fails to retain backer in Hollywood area (10)

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18a

Sponsors outrageous staged porn (10)

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19a

French are avoiding a Biblical character - one of the prophets (4)

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A MOS es (biblical character) missing or ‘avoiding’ ‘es’ (‘are’ in French)

22a

A quiet ringing sound's attractive quality(6)

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A P (quiet) PEAL (ringing sound)

24a

which is adopted by cleaner graduate (8)

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26a

Measuring out items for the garden (9)

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An anagram (‘out’) of MEASURING

27a

Iranian markets? India taking less forward position (5)

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FAIRS (markets) with the ‘i’ (India in the phonetic alphabet) moving back or ‘taking less forward position’

28a

Erode article covered by erosion (7)

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29a

Rare earth? Try it out with some hesitation (7)

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Down

1d

Warning extremely curtailed over the longest period? (7)

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2d

Missed oil represented in gelatinous form (9)

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3d

Precious child a favourite on the music scene? (6)

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4d

Handle some poems about mobile worms (10)

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TREAT (handle) ODES (some poems) round M (mobile) – this one took some sorting out as we weren’t sure about treat = handle and surprisingly we’d not come across m = mobile before

5d

Writer’s quantity of money after penning English (4)

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POT (quantity of money) round or ‘penning’ E (English) – amazingly we didn’t twig this one until compiling the blog

6d

Boy upset about mild phobia? Trivial stuff (8)

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A reversal (‘upset’) of SON (boy) round THING (‘mild phobia’)

7d

Current intermittent failing at first? It’s not good for snooker player (5)

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I (current) o N-OFF (intermittent) missing the first letter or ‘failing at first’

8d

Gets comfortable short new fashions with variable cut (7)

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13d

What film missing first broadcast on TV channels suggests drink? (10)

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16d

Behold a lot of correspondence about deity turning up in monastery (9)

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LA (behold) MAI l (correspondence) missing the last letter or ‘a lot of’ round a reversal (‘turning up’) of ARES (deity)

17d

A vehicle one picked up to get through quiet grassy area (8)

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A VAN (vehicle) and a reversal (‘picked up’) of AN (one) all in or ‘getting through’ SH (quiet)

18d

A Sabbath evening’s ending in warm light in European city (7)

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A S (Sabbath) G (last letter or ‘ending’ of evening) in GLOW (warm light)

20d

One stuck in rising mire at Sweden’s sports venue (7)

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I (one) ‘stuck’ in a reversal (‘rising’) of MUD (mire) AT S (Sweden)

21d

Do well being expert and well-trained (6)

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23d

Wildlife region requiring a warm coat (5)

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PARK (‘wildlife region’) A

25d

Engine sound possibly turned up on expensive car (4)

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