Independent Cryptic #11777

2024-07-09

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1a

Sacred text brought back inside as things becoming extremely heated (7)

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P SAL M (sacred text) with the central letters SAL reversed (brought back inside) + AS

5a

One leaves emptier after initially trusting someone leading us astray (7)

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9a

State elected a warmonger (5)

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10a

Wide saucepan or a microwave more than suffices (9)

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PANORAMIC ( hidden word in [more than suffices] SAUCE PAN OR A MIC ROWAVE)

11a

Making changes in remodelling animal shelter for example (9)

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12a

Suppressing resistance guarantee result (5)

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ENSU R E (guarantee) excluding (suppressing) R (resistance)

13a

Enlightening but no not familiar unfortunately (13)

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17a

Criminal safely idles in Greek paradise (13)

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22a

Lessons after the end of term examinations (5)

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ORALS ( the letters in M ORALS [lessons] after the M ( final letter of [end of] TER M )

24a

Open present in the designated place (9)

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26a

They go for a spin she drives erratically (9)

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27a

Sit around next to a storyteller (5)

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A + POSE (sit) reversed (around)

28a

At the outset naturally - exactly when you entertain ambitious resolutions (7)

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NEW YEAR ( first letter of each of [at the outset] of N ATURALLY, E XACTLY, W HEN, Y OU, E NTERTAIN, A MBITIOUS and R ESOLUTIONS)

29a

Endlessly try to move towards the finish of trainee's course (7)

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1d

Copier puncturing edges of precious documents (6)

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2d

Handmade craft shows preoccupation with detail (9)

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3d

Boy collecting ace coin? (5)

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MY (exclamation of surprise; gosh!; boy!) containing (collecting) ACE (a card or die or domino representing the number one)

4d

Specious argument deviously stops him wasting time (7)

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Anagram of (deviously) S T OPS HIM excluding (wasting) T (time)

5d

Drunk circling about later this evening (7)

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6d

Carelessly recomposed missing page i needing two dots in this context (9)

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7d

Item regularly exchanged before beginning of solemn occasions (5)

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TI ( IT , first two letters of IT EM swapping places [exchanged]) + ME ( second two letters of IT EM also swapping places [exchanged] – so each two letters of IT EM have been treated similarly , regularly exchanged )

8d

Perhaps reading chapter with Leah upset about her sister (6)

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Anagram of [… upset with ..) R (reading, one of the three R s [reading, [w]riting and [a]rithmetic]) and C (chapter) and LEAH

14d

Fanatical obtuseness every other couple's ignored before this writer has (9)

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OBSESS ( first, third and fifth pair of letters [every other couple] in OB TU SE NE SS ) + I’VE (I have, this writer has)

15d

Bristle in anger at first when exhausted (3)

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16d

Attend to case of earlier speaker (9)

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18d

One more alto? Anyone but that woman (7)

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19d

Available region in the east initially rejected for plant (7)

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20d

Behold new dress in metropolis (6)

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21d

Tesla phone app occasionally upset the likes of us (6)

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23d

Projectile that can pierce a vegetable miles away (5)

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M ARROW (a vegetable) excluding (away) M (miles)

25d

Exercise to some degree contraindicated (5)

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