Independent Cryptic #11698

2024-04-08

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Across

1a

Fuel soldier fellow with bit of fish (8)

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6a

Oscar inside of machine cannot stand (6)

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9a

Lounge in Hungary regularly less appealing (6)

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

LIE – to lounge in alternate letters of h U n G a R y

10a

Fetch chart to see what this should be (8)

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

GET – fetch & CHART – table and the clue was certainly for me.

11a

Tricky situation for man's cow in trouble (10)

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12a

Pole feeding beast in tug (4)

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13a

Igneous material at lab's melted (6)

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15a

4-footer and 6-footer run off together (8)

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18a

Quartet her editors partly bound (8)

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20a

President carrying small books away (6)

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21a

Period austere with skill shortage (4)

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23a

Composer beset by gout shot English film on holiday? (10)

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RAVEL in a shot GOUT* & E(nglish). A film about holidays moreso I’d have a thought, but still.

25a

What you may pick from 11 old Queen covers (8)

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26a

5 heads of obscure order detained over odd cult (6)

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V – 5 & leading letters of O bscure O rder D etained O ver O dd

27a

Serious young Arab maybe secures room (6)

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

R(oo)M inside FOAL – a young Arab or horse

28a

Difficult to get sailor with trick on street (8)

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Down

2d

Bother edging tomb mostly with quartz (9)

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3d

One of filmic trio from plane in Laos losing wings (5)

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4d

Heartless circus performer crushing women's spirits (9)

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5d

Country tune (for example) popular in retirement (7)

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6d

Top removed from First Lady's vehicle (5)

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The US president’s wife is referred to as the FLOTUS

7d

Lily brought up daft stuff after last of vodka (9)

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

End of (vodk)A &[SILLY – daft & RAM – stuff] reversed

8d

Female catches the French ship launcher? (5)

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14d

EU anthem played across a place of learning (9)

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A inside [EU ANTHEM]* played

16d

Note birds covered by beer: they go into the pot (9)

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17d

Swinging writer couple hosting Latin American (9)

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

PEN – writer & L(atin) in DUO – couple & U.S.

19d

Bill's in river a place one won't sink (7)

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ADS – bills, adverts in the river DEE & A

22d

Labour member cryptically written as KPO? (5)

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KPO is P IN(side) KO

23d

Weave poorly under back edges of garret window (5)

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

Last letters of (garre)T (windo)W & ILL – poorly

24d

Frodo urgently conceals what may be detected (5)

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