Independent Cryptic #11728

2024-05-13

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1a

Don't eat regularly from odd unhealthy portions (8)

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6a

Laid back contingent of Scots up in Edinburgh (6)

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9a

Pass maybe from twisted doctor on bad acid (6)

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

D{octo}r< after acid*

10a

Runs spirit into glass container that's pristine (8)

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

(R{uns} + gin) in vial

11a

Tissue in cart single male has filled (10)

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

Barrow(=cart) around (one m{ale})

12a

Gain influence by flattering Wire (4)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Infected college by start of autumn? (6)

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

C{ollege} after Sept I(=date usually considered the beginning of autumn, at least in the Northern hemisphere).

15a

Handset oddly lost on new space adventure (8)

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

Even letters of h a n d s e t after space*

18a

'Large axe' cryptically represents a sport (8)

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

Cryptically "Large axe" would be L{arge} + a + cross(=x) + e

20a

Goat briefly faces wind from east peninsula (6)

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

Ibe[x] + air<(=wind). An ibex is a type of goat, although in an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeremy Clarkson was so convinced it was an antelope that he told the contestant who picked that option he'd got it right, even when he hadn't.

21a

Second person once with husband out cycling (4)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Drug old man worsening after tattoo (10)

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

Pa(=old man) + (iller(=worsening) after ink(=tattoo))

25a

Better option than 1: 35 per week? (8)

flowerflowerflower
26a

German on row with empty holy vessel (6)

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

(G{erman} after din(=row in argument sense)) + h[ol]y

27a

Investigator mainly took what can be loaded (6)

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

PI(=private investigator) + stol[e]

28a

Cat crossing ocean towards port gets quicker (8)

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

(Puss around deep)< (reversal indicated by "towards port" which, in naval parlance, means towards the left)

Down

2d

Congregation of stars with a capital attorney (9)

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And(=with) + Rome(=capital) + DA(=District Attorney)

3d

Lead on runner announced (5)

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Hom of Tees(=a river, which runs)

4d

Navy invested in gold balls as munitions (9)

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5d

Deflect half of eggs rolling beneath penguin? (7)

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

Eg[gs]< under diver(=penguin, which is a diving bird)

6d

Fly's last to escape insectivore (5)

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

Shrew[d]. Fly here is used as an adjective meaning clever.

7d

PC in peril breaking law (9)

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8d

US cities caging American antelope (5)

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

(NY + LA (=short forms of US cities)) around A{merican}

14d

Wild time Blur tune conjured up (9)

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

(T{ime} Blur tune)*

16d

Third letter about Bumpkin Bill's bird (9)

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

Cee(=name for the letter C) + (hick(=bumpkin) + ad(=bill in the form of an advertising bill) )

17d

Medic hurt possibly carrying setter's source of (9)

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

(D{octo}r + hurt*) around I've(=setter's). Not sure if source of 1 (i.e. fast food) shouldn't have a question mark, as you do get drive-thru cinemas and other things.

19d

Goddesses start to notice anger rising for sure (7)

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

(N[otice] + ire)< + yes(=for sure). The Erinyes were Greek goddesses more usually called the Furies.

22d

Asian having leader demoted on island country (5)

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

Thai(=Asian) with the T being demoted to the end + i{sland}

23d

Friend circumventing editor's clutch? (5)

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

Pal(=friend) around ed{itor}. A clutch pedal in a car is an example of a pedal, hence the question mark.

24d

Reinforced story implicating new Democrat (5)

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

(Lie(=story) around n{ew}) + D{emocrat}. Lined here would be in the sense of an object lined with something to make it stronger.