Independent Cryptic #11700

2024-04-10

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Across

1a

Film involving cocaine bust Billy helps cover (15)

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9a

Spinning top novel problem (7)

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10a

Superior's bottom is a huge one (7)

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11a

Flying carpets all too slow in race (9)

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12a

Dance beat with energy (5)

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13a

Tickle pals regularly to relax (6)

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14a

Nurse and doctor left during date in concert (8)

Generating...

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

EN (Enrolled Nurse) + ([ MB {Bachelor of Medicine; doctor} + L {left}] contained in [during] SEE [to date somebody])

17a

Semester at Yale for Victoria say (8)

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18a

Toilet mostly clear after fellow flushed (6)

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20a

Engineers attack change from original design (5)

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22a

Batty as her poem signals (9)

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24a

Sadly Harry now living abroad - less English American (7)

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25a

Info about film editor put in reviews (7)

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26a

Delivery option that might make Don's cap cost less (15)

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Down

1d

Flipping radio switch is nightmare for user (7)

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2d

Offer nut lover nuts full of energy (9)

Generating...

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

VOLUNTEER (offer one’s services)

3d

Spinner reported creases on pitch surface (15)

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4d

Poet agreed terms without hesitation (5)

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5d

Pressure-lowering tablets hospital department wasted (8)

Generating...

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

P ILLS (tablets) with P (pressure) lowered within this down entry to form ILLS P + ENT ( E ar, N ose & T hroat department of a hospital)

6d

Fancy each son catching gonorrhoea so quickly (15)

Generating...

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

( LIKE [fancy] + PER [each] + S [son]) containing (catching) THE CLAP (slang phrase for gonorrhoea)

7d

More or less trash house (5)

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8d

Italian inn-keeper's lying about bill (7)

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15d

Make flooring under counter red (9)

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16d

Bench on one Concorde's left wing? Not so fast (8)

Generating...

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

SUBS (in football, the SUBS [substitutes] sit on the bench before being called to play) + ON + I (Roman numeral for one] + C { leftmost [left wing] of the letters in C ONCORDE)

17d

Henry wears tramp's clothing (7)

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19d

Profound songs for gig not at all poppy? (7)

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21d

Old money flowed into football club (5)

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23d

Number one cricket club? Answer Lord's for cricketers (5)

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