Independent Cryptic #11767

2024-06-27

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7a

Pained look of red maybe bored by Conservative (5)

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

WINE (red is a term used to describe many types of wine, to distinguish them from white wines) containing (bored by) C (Conservative)

8a

People with successful records long to include one short snippet of song (9)

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( ACHE [long] containing (to include) I [Roman numeral for one]) + VERS E (snippet of a song] excluding the final letter (short) E

10a

Open boxes are behind electronic stuff (7)

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OVERT (open) containing (boxes) ( E [electronic] + A [are; unit of land measurement])

11a

A source of cash keeps personnel excited (7)

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A + ( TILL [source of cash]) containing (keeps) HR (Human Resources; Personnel [Department])

12a

Dishonest about dodgy rental housing feature (7,7)

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CHEATING (dishonest) containing (about) an anagram of (dodgy) RENTAL

15a

Boldness about the time we live in (7)

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C (circa; about) + OUR AGE (the time we live in)

17a

Moor boat, regularly going "ahoy there!" (7)

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OT ( letters 2 and 4 [regularly] of B O A T ) + HELLO (word for attracting attention as is the phrase  ‘ahoy there’)

18a

Male assistant with Nixon, say, pocketing cash to create scandal for Kennedy (14)

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( CHAP [male] + PA [{personal} assistant] + DICK [Richard {Nixon}]) containing (pocketing) QUID (slang term for £1; cash)

22a

Decked in expensive material, scoffed about waste product (7)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Great trouble concealing jollies in high-flying post (7)

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( AI [A one; excellent; great] + AIL [trouble]) containing (concealing) RM (Royal Marines; jollies is a slang term for Royal Marines)

25a

Voyager's here with two velocities going in different directions (4,5)

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SPEED (velocity) reversed [entered in one direction] + PACE (speed)[entered in a different direction giving two velocities in different directions)  Good to see that the clue reflects the full definition of a velocity having both direction and magnitude.

26a

Scientific feat from medic tracking blood types (1-4)

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AB (a blood type) + O (another blood type) + MB (Bachelor of Medicine; medic)

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1d

Vacuous drive to plug identical articles from a certain range (6)

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DE (letters remaining in D RIV E when the central letters RIV are removed [vacuous]) contained in (to plug) ( AN [indefinite article] + AN [an identical indefinite article] giving identical articles)

2d

Adam, as described by George, is a venerable fellow (4)

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BEDE (reference the Venerable BEDE , English monk [died 735 AD, buried in Durham Cathedral], also known as St BEDE ) double definition

3d

Yet to fill beaker, oddly, or jug in France (8)

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STILL (yet) contained in (to fill) BAE ( letters 1, 3 and 5 [oddly] of B E A K E R)

4d

Breaches of the peace reportedly leading to sentence (6)

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PHRASE ( sounds like [reportedly] FRAYS [brawls; breaches of the peace])

5d

Say I do understand problem of French revolutionary (3,7)

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GET (understand) + HITCH (problem) + DE (French word for ‘of’) reversed (revolutionary)

6d

Supply ale or gin in local (8)

flowerflowerflower
7d

One with large bill from court, where defendant is smuggling cocaine (8)

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WOO (court) + ( DOCK [place where the defendant stands {in court}] containing [smuggling] C [cocaine])

9d
24d

(and 24 Down) Brief answer received by staff in commercial channel (4,4)

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[ SILK ] ROAD

13d

On Spotify perhaps, better pay rate again (10)

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RE (with reference to; on) + APP (Spotify is an example of a computer APP ) + RAISE (descriptive of better pay)

14d

Reading fans heckle the number 4 of Stoke FC? (4,4)

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

BOO (heckle) + K ( fourth letter of [number 4] STO K E) + CLUB [FC is an abbreviation for [Football] CLUB )

16d

Wanting weapons to protect hotel safe (8)

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UNARMED (without or perhaps requiring [wanting] weapons) containing (to protect) H (hotel)

17d

Prepares to reproduce fancy vase, out to mould 50 (8)

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Anagram of (fancy) VASE OUT containing (to mould) L (Roman numeral for 50)

19d

Upset, handle cross American feller (6)

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

( NAME [title; handle] + X (cross) + A (American]) all reversed (upset)

20d

Running or quarrelling? (2,1,3)

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IN A ROW [quarrelling) double definition

21d

It may be used when charming women turned up make-up (4)

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

W (women) + DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid; a nucleic acid that is the main constituent of the chromosomes of all organisms; make-up) reversed (turned up)

24d

See 9 Down