Independent Cryptic #11704

2024-04-15

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1a

Time and motive required for crime (7)

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

A charade of T and REASON.

5a

Cuckoo saw tree top (7)

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9a

Suffer at home with bad dog (5)

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10a

Non-stop aces badly restricting Seles (9)

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11a

Long leases unusual in city (10)

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12a

Attractive stone circle seen with friend (4)

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

A charade of O and PAL.

14a

Biden and Trump say sounding like excessively croaky people (12)

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

Aural wordplay (‘sounding like’) of TOO HOARSE RACE. And a race too frightening to think about, frankly.

18a

Maxim used by SAS as her windows smashed (12)

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21a

A little mansion in Eaton Square (4)

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22a

Officer's given cold beer getting notes in order (10)

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

A charade of MAJORS, C and ALE. The notes of the tonic sol-fa containing a major third: for example, the white notes of the piano from one C to the next C.

25a

I would clean it out just the same (9)

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

A charade of I’D and (CLEAN IT)* with ‘out’ as the anagrind.

26a

Island that's a ring (5)

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27a

French composer emptied tray being full (7)

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28a

Tango separately date having claws (7)

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1d

Right to put in bananas I felt for this pudding (6)

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

An insertion of R in (I FELT)* The insertion indicator is ‘to put in’; the anagrind is ‘bananas’.

2d

Former copper starts to set everyone free (6)

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3d

Psychiatrist women blame in film (10)

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

A charade of SHRINK, W and RAP. The ‘film’ is not of the cinematic variety, but of (usually) low density polyethylene.

4d

Pleasant embracing husband in appropriate place (5)

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An insertion of H in NICE. The insertion indicator is ’embracing’.

5d

Dummy on farm runs in silly cow races (9)

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

An insertion of R in (COW RACES)* The insertion indicator is ‘in’ and the anagrind is ‘silly’.

6d

Animal's lair beneath end of the garden (4)

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A charade of E for the final letter of ‘the’ and DEN.

7d

Clothes pianist packs for the theatre (8)

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8d

Victor and loser set up journalist decided (8)

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

A charade of V and LOSER reversed and ED.

13d

Bouncer you hit to get in? (10)

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

A cd.

15d

Hits down by 50% affected archery ranking (9)

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16d

A decade passed in chains (8)

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17d

Not very encouraging sign from conductor (8)

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A dd.

19d

Pool in 11? I don't believe it (6)

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20d

Number one went first without kit on (6)

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23d

Chick knotted towel (5)

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24d

Spot Liberal out of fashion (4)

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