Independent Cryptic #11721

2024-05-04

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1a

Fancy dress gala is boring bar one American (8)

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G a LA DRAGS (is boring) missing or ‘bar’ one ‘a’ (American)

6a

Commandos dance in the country parade (6)

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SAS (Special Air Service – ‘commandos’) HAY (‘dance in the country’)

9a

Manufacturing series for Channel 1 streamed (14)

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PRO (for) DUCT (channel) I (one) ONLINE (‘streamed’)

10a

Arab newspaper backs you people (6)

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I (newspaper) after or ‘backing’ YE (you) MEN (people)

11a

Antimatter conjecture overlaps with 80's sci-fi (8)

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POSIT (conjecture) sharing the ‘t’ or ‘overlapping’ with TRON (’80s sci-fi’ – a reference to the 1982 film)

13a

Listening to founder agree in time (4)

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A homophone (‘listen to’) of SINK (founder)

15a

Person in field with cutting almost finished (10)

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EXTRAC t (cutting) missing the last letter or ‘almost’ + OVER (finished)

16a

Risky to move dislocated gonad (10)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Greeting surprises Sikh hosts from behind (4)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Doctor's notes showing Spooner's treatment given to immoral chef (8)

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A Spoonerism of BASE (immoral) COOK (chef)

22a

Legendary like the Beatles were first (6)

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FAB (‘like the Beatles’ – known as ‘The Fab Four’) LED (were first)

24a

Transfer of jailed mob due in 2012 say (14)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Decided where to sleep if homeless? (6)

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If homeless one might have to resort to sleeping IN a TENT

27a

One taking hill in second/first? (8)

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A clue-as-definition: TOR (hill) in MO (second) IST (first) – a motorist would have to drive up a hill in a low gear

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2d

Stealing pants nearly gets Charlie put away (7)

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An anagram (‘pants’) of NEARLY round or ‘putting away’ C (Charlie – in the phonetic alphabet or as a slang term for cocaine)

3d

Kansas city to get out of? (5)

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Double definition

4d

Bunch of keys? (11)

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Cryptic definition – the ‘keys’ being islands

5d

Legs up darling just a little (7)

flowerflowerflower
6d

America turned on new 400 yottawatt generator (3)

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A reversal (‘turned’) of US (America) + N (new)

7d

Force couple into bunk for hours at any time (9)

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F (force) TWO (couple) in SHIRK (bunk)

8d

Tentacled creature regularly painted with submariner in its grip (7)

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Alternate or ‘regular’ letters of pAiNtEd round or ‘gripping’ NEMO (fictional submariner created by Jules Verne)

12d

Persimmon managed to furnish houses auctioneer emptied (11)

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An anagram (‘managed’) of TO FURNISH round or ‘housing’ A uctionee R (missing the middle letters or ’emptied’)

14d

How to get Elan where cars are banned? (9)

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If you CYCLE LANE by moving the last letter to the front you get ‘elan’

17d

Man who refused to father children reversed consent repeatedly (7)

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ONAN (man who refused to father children – from the Bible) + a reversal of NOD (consent)

18d

Peerage expected by Cummings perhaps stopped by king (7)

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DUE (expected) DOM (Dominic Cummings perhaps – do we have to be reminded of him?) round or ‘stopped by’ K (king)

20d

Rating's announced for electrical unit (7)

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A homophone (‘announced’) of SEAMAN’S (rating’s)

23d

Rose runs after very naughty boy wanting his name (5)

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R (runs) after BRIA n (‘very naughty boy’ – from the Python film ‘Life of Brian’) missing or ‘wanting’ the ‘n’ (name)

25d

Lose head in fight on the town (3)

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b OUT (fight) missing or ‘losing’ the first letter or ‘head’