Independent Cryptic #11790

2024-07-24

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1a

Left order moving in with relative (11)

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SINISTER (Latin word for left, used in heraldry) + LAW (order), with IN moving a few places to the right.

7a

Forcibly take backless dress (3)

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9a

Lift wreck we hear (5)

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10a

Abridged nautical books with small etchings (9)

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11a

Crates should not go here (9)

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13a

Souvenir one found in contents of barrel chest (5)

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Hidden answer (contents of . . .) [bar] REL C [hest], with I (one in Roman numerals) inserted. Hidden answer clues normally provide the complete answer, not something that isn’t actually a word and needs further addition to give the answer; perhaps we’re supposed to treat the I as the “contents” of BARREL CHEST (i.e. between the two words) and then take the answer from that?.

14a

Orders from dreadful court system's leader (7)

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16a

Delivered to Egyptian port (4)

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19a

Overlook manuscripts describing Italy (4)

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MSS (abbreviation for manuscripts, the plural of MS) containing (describing) I (abbreviation for Italy).

21a

Malicious person pinches head of little girl (7)

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MEANIE (slang for a malicious person), containing (pinching) the first letter (head) of L [ittle]. A girl’s name.

25a

Reject good European composer (5)

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26a

Departure times going quickly (9)

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DEPARTURE (sailing = a ship leaving port, as in “When is the next sailing to Calais?”) + BY (times, as in 3 by 2 = 3 times 2). As in “the time is just sailing by” = passing more quickly than you might want or expect.

29a

Made tart with LSD I cooked without recipe (9)

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ACID (slang for the drug LSD) + I + F [r] IED (cooked), without the R (abbreviation for Latin recipe = take, in old-fashioned drug formulations). Tart = tasting sour or acid, like unripe fruit.

30a

Presumably uncommunicative authority (5)

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SAYS O (O = zero = nothing); an uncommunicative person doesn’t say much. As in “I can’t do that without the manager’s say-so”.

31a

Conclusions of Baptist Church feature article (3)

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32a

Flower girl joins British agent Hunt in Shakespeare? (11)

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1d

Song composed about a daughter (8)

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SERENE (composed = calm and under control) around A + D (abbreviation for daughter).

2d

Looking up advice on light aircraft (8)

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TIPS (advice) reversed (looking up = upwards in a down clue), then FIRE (light = set fire to). WWII fighter aircraft.

3d

Abrasive comedian of yesteryear (5)

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4d

Mental impression of Jemima Goldsmith (5)

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5d

Type of bolt secured by fan's shutters (7)

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U (U-bolt = a U-shaped metal fastener with screw threads on both ends) contained in LOVER’S (fan’s = enthusiast’s). Shutters or doors featuring horizontal slats set at an angle, to deflect rain or sun while allowing air through. Usually spelled louvres in British English; an indicator for the US spelling might have been helpful.

6d

Resolution to hold a session in old factory (9)

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WILL (resolution) holding A TERM (a session, as in a session of Parliament).

7d

Brief musical composition entertaining Albania's president? (6)

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8d

Divide swingers' group? (6)

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12d

Spot musical instrument lady's abandoned (3)

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ZIT [her] (a musical instrument), abandoning HER (the lady’s). Zit = spot = a skin blemish.

15d

I help with nice cryptic for Araucaria (9)

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17d

Cameo of a Northern Australian icon (8)

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A + N (abbreviation for Northern) + A (abbreviation for Australian) + GLYPH (icon = a pictographic symbol). Anaglyph = an ornament carved in low relief; cameo = such an ornament carved in hard stone or similar materials.

18d

Ring taken by curious cleric is returned shortly (8)

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O (a ring-shaped letter) contained in (taken by) NOSY (curious = inquisitive) + REV (abbreviation for reverend = cleric), all reversed (returned).

20d

That man is originally supporting airline food (7)

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HIM (that man) + first letter (originally) of I [s], after (below, in a down clue = supporting) SAS (short name for Scandinavian Airlines). Japanese food based on raw fish.

22d

Despicable person taking head off fish (3)

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[h] EEL (a despicable person) without the first letter (head).

23d

Objection over final Soviet province (6)

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24d

A continental comedian's foolish (6)

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27d

Popular admiral oddly overlooked NATO letter (5)

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IN (popular), then [a] D [m] I [r] A [l] without (overlooking) all the odd-numbered letters. Representation of the letter I in the NATO alphabet (radio alphabet).

28d

Publish magazine for children (5)

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