Independent Cryptic #11791

2024-07-25

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8a

Shaft British champion from behind with shout of approval (8)

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

B (British) + HERO (champion) reversed (from behind) + OLÉ (exclamation of approval, support or encouragement)

9a

Crushed Yank chopped ecstasy in Palladium (6)

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PUL L (yank) excluding the final letter (chopped) L + ( E [ecstasy tablet] contained in [in] PD [chemical symbol for palladium])

10a

Send message to jam makers about excellent setter (4)

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11a

Make stretchy laces tie at dances (10)

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12a

Brownies bring food items about eleven (6)

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14a

Band that is excluded previously has gone platinum (8)

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15a

Did new opener to gig with New Order's Ceremony ? (7)

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

Anagram of (with new order) DID NEW and G ( first letter of [opener to] G IG

17a

Serpent's fantastic here! (7)

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Anagram of (fantastic) SERPENT

20a

Justification of lay people on guitar periodically (8)

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APOLOGIA ( letters 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 [periodically] of L A Y P E O P L E O N G U I T A R)

22a

Amplifiers lifted acoustic sound Eddie Rabbitt supplied principally (6)

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LASERS ( first letters [principally] of each of L IFTED A COUSTIC S OUND E DDIE R ABBITT S UPPLIED)

23a

Swingers perhaps broadcast Ben Stiller's lover initially swapping with Tack (10)

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

Anagram of (broadcast) BEN STIL L ER with an L ( first letter of [initially] L OVER) being replaced by (swapping with ) I (Tack is the setter of this puzzle)

24a

Obscure celeb luring crowds (4)

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25a

One hunts criminal by river in Cornwall (6)

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26a

Go away to grasp English! editor shrieked (8)

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

( SCRAM [go away!] containing [to grasp] E [English]) + ED (editor)

Down

1d

Way of working AC/DC stories we hear into rally (8)

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2d

Vincent Simmons's strand of DNA (4)

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GENE ( a specific sequence or parts of a sequence of DNA ) double definition

3d

Fashion line presenters ultimately? (6)

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4d

Flight that can't have happened (7)

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5d

Second player on baseball field done for (8)

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6d

Bars want lean baloney sandwiches (10)

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BS (bullshit; baloney) containing (shelters) ( LACK [wanting] + LIST [lean])

7d

Black knight captures to counter (6)

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( JET [black] + N [knight, in chess notation]) containing (captures) TO

13d

Collapsed Lung dine on hollow chocolate treat (10)

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16d

Wiping out born batsman once focus goes (8)

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

NÉ (of a man, born) + GAT T ING (reference Mike GATTING [born 1957], English cricketer [batsman] who captained the English Test team between 1986 and 1988) excluding the central letter (once the focus goes) T

18d

Brought up terribly turn out rude (8)

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19d

Specials end up supporting Arctic Monkeys primarily? Flipping nonsense! (7)

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

([ S {special} + S {special} giving specials] + END + AM [ first letters of {primarily} each of A RCTIC and M ONKEYS]) all reversed (flipping)

21d

Gangster pursues demure chief (6)

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22d

Some Zulus travel for five year periods (6)

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24d

Witness eclipse (4)

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