Independent Cryptic #11729

2024-05-14

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7a

Scottish leader in 19A/ (7)

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8a

Pineapple is fruit but not British (6)

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

B ANANAS (type of fruit) excluding (but not) B (British)

9a

Water from 19A/ (4)

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10a

Gig perhaps in 19A/ (5)

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11a

Turgenev regularly leaves on this (4)

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

TREE ( letters 1, 3, 5 and 7 [regularly] of T U R G E N E V)

12a

A child with autism exhibits initially different aspects of their character (8)

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15a

Try and stretch short message of Christ (6)

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17a

Wine when it is from the east (4)

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19a

Diminutive beasts of burden are wanting to turn back (5)

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

LLAM A S (transport animals native to South America; beasts of burden) excluding (wanting) A (are; a metric unit of land equal to 100 sq metres) reversed (to turn back)

20a

Cycling saddle corrodes (4)

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21a

Asian and European getting into religious work (6)

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22a

People looking intently to catch king naked (8)

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

STARERS (people who look at something intently) containing (to catch) K (king)

25a

Scarf from 19A/ (4)

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27a

Goo produced in 19A/ (5)

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29a

Take care of brain (4)

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30a

Scotsman's handwash in 19A/ (6)

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31a

Drunken shag in University leads to distress (7)

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

Anagram of (drunken) SHAG IN and U (university)

Down

1d

Stick of chocolate with end bitten off (4)

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

FLAK E (name of a specific type of bar of chocolate – eg Cadbury’s FLAK E) excluding the final letter (with end bitten off) E

2d

Corrupt announcement when Teletubby appears? (6)

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3d

Needing work welding elevated brackets (4)

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

IDLE ( reversed [elevated; down entry] hidden word in [brackets] W ELDI NG)

4d

Song largely composed next to city lake (8)

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5d

Temptation gripped adult being cuddled (4)

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6d

Bachelor-cum-escort finally displays nether region at home (8)

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7d

Bag (5)

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13d

Mental toughness shown in 19A/ (5)

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14d

Tesla's possible commercial project for Welshman? (5)

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16d

Meat from 19A/ (5)

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18d

It hurts American with boring visit to travel covertly (8)

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

( OW [expression of pain; it hurts] + A [American] + W [with]) contained in (boring) STAY (visit)

19d

Evil nun bounds in (8)

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23d

Pay back mean knight for running away primarily (6)

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

AVE RA GE (mean value) with N (night) replacing (for) RA ( initial letters [primarily] of each of R UNNING and A WAY)

24d

Bawdiness not for everyone in farm with livestock (5)

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26d

Promote mushy peas to nurse (4)

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28d

I led country (4)

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29d

Servant won on the radio (4)

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