Independent Cryptic #11731

2024-05-16

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1a

Pitch article about unknown wild child (6)

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

TAR (pitch) AN (article) round Z (unknown)

4a

Greek character given Razzie upset in restaurant (8)

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10a

Kray twin covers £1 debts belonging to the church (9)

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

REG (one of the notorious Kray twins – Ronnie’s brother) round or ‘covering’ L (pound) I (one) + IOUS (debts)

11a

This is very easy ... gee the setter's Bluebird! (5)

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

G (gee) I’M (‘the setter’s’) ME (Bluebird – the setter)

12a

One gets tight after gathering at the back or front of stage (5)

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13a

The back half of dinosaur you and I saw is alongside gnome here (9)

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15a

Old woman scratching backside had thrill (10)

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18a

How one might start a story about the last 2000 years? (4)

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19a

Part of pyramid left unoccupied (4)

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20a

Online business with a great deal of building material and gold (10)

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23a

Wrestling MC staying strong and agile (9)

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25a

Talk over judge (5)

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27a

Start to gleefully present spreadsheet's content (5)

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28a

Too far from a surfer's position? (9)

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29a

Cut hair whimsically and cause anguish (8)

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30a

Plan fulfilled by Hoddle before the start of the second half (6)

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1d

S Twilight i (11)

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

An anagram (‘dancing’) of GRANNIE, THE and T (first letter or ‘lead’ in twilight)

2d

The king's plastic foot? (5)

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3d

Characters from gang in a lot of chest pain (7)

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5d

Quietly played cricket say outside with some soldiers and a policeman (9)

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

P (‘quietly played’) with INSECT (‘cricket, say’) outside + OR (other ranks – ‘some soldiers’)

6d

Zulus surrounding soldier returning with silver move one way then another (6)

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

Z Z (‘Zulus’ – Z in the phonetic alphabet) ‘surrounding’ a reversal (‘returning’) of GI (soldier) + AG (silver)

7d

Self-obsessed Dutchman on mountain has style (9)

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

RE (on) MT (mountain) round (‘has’) BRAND (style) – we assume that ‘self-obsessed’ is included as Rembrandt painted more than 70 self-portraits

8d

A topless marathon? (3)

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9d

Stop tearing letters! (4)

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14d

LED manufactured by EE getting smashed with hard spade (11)

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16d

Henry Ford initially displays seat and cycle parts (9)

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

HAL (Henry) F (first of ‘initial’ letter of Ford) MOONS (‘displays seat’) – we started trying to find out which parts of a bike these were before realising that it is a reference to the lunar cycle!

17d

Moral confusion of huge riots (9)

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21d

For so long the last part of cavalcade follows right alongside (7)

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22d

Primary school teacher (6)

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24d

Revolutionary fellow who stirs things up? (4)

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

CHE (Guevara – ‘revolutionary’) F (fellow)

26d

Flooded area used to be hot (5)

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27d

Our father's wee upon the front of dressing-gown (3)

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

GO (wee) D (first letter or ‘front’ of dressing-gown)