Independent Cryptic #11808

2024-08-14

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1a

Head claims underworld affected site where holidaymakers uncovered lodge (10)

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

NUT (head) round or ‘claiming’ DIS (underworld) + CAMP (affected)

6a

Upper-class person from Thailand no longer available (4)

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10a

Sent back some discoloured ice in drink (5)

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11a

GoPro damaged with acid in capital city (9)

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12a

At A&E taking drug to lower cholesterol (8)

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A E round or ‘taking’ STATIN (drug to lower cholesterol) – At is the chemical symbol for this element

14a

Child interrupts news programme (5)

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16a

Large eggs with breakfast lunch and elevenses initially appealing (7)

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18a

Sauce found in vessel revolting (7)

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20a

Travel sanctions shortened carriage (7)

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22a

[Bicycle Race Crazy] i (7)

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23a

Perhaps Chesterfield rector gets to date? (5)

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25a

Freed from awfully bad love triangles at last (8)

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An anagram (‘awfully’) of BAD LOVE and S (‘last’ letter of triangles)

28a

Care! Organ replacement can lead to overbearing pomposity (9)

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29a

Source of drug like in music (5)

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Pop music might be described as ‘POPPY’

31a

Inverted only compound containing unsaturated alcohol (4)

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32a

New Zealand's Premier overused exercises in meeting (10)

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An anagram (‘exercises’) of N (new) Z (first or ‘premier’ letter of Zealand) and OVERUSED

Down

1d

Condition of prison (4)

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2d

Failure of stylish chap finishing early (3)

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DUD e (stylish chap) missing the last letter or ‘finishing early’

3d

Part of Austria passing close to bandit country (5)

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S t YRIA (part of Austria) missing or ‘passing’ the ‘t’ (last letter or ‘close’ of bandit) – we had never heard of this state in the south-east of Austria

4d

Manage to take photograph in thicket (7)

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5d

Inappropriate time to speak on the phone with Kelvin: around Wednesday? (7)

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7d

Willow is more intimate but not at first (5)

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c OSIER (more intimate) missing the first letter or ‘not at first’

8d

Fellow phoned Scotsman about penny sweet's centre being cream (10)

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F (fellow) RANG (phoned) IAN (Scotsman) round P (penny) + E (middle letter of sweet)

9d

Calculated price of houses around Kent being spoiled (8)

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13d

Banks made these cuts losing cash ultimately (5)

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S h AVES (cuts) ‘losing’ the ‘h’ (last or ‘ultimate’ letter of cash) – a reference to Gordon Banks, the England goalkeeper in the 1966 World Cup team

15d

Schedule includes match in Alabama? (10)

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17d

Victor in competition with passion for drink (8)

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19d

Loathe taking son for expedition (5)

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21d

Cheers k (7)

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SLAIN (killed off) T E (first and last letters or ‘peripheral characters’ in time) – Gaelic for ‘good health!’

22d

Improperly care for daughter with wet scrubbing cloth essentially (7)

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D (daughter) after M o ISTEN (wet) missing or ‘scrubbing’ the ‘o’ (middle or ‘essential’ letter in cloth)

24d

Film following mythical boat (5)

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26d

s i p (5)

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LOPE (bound) Z (unknown – in algebra) – we thought that this might be a reference to Jennifer Lopez, the American actress and singer, but an electronic search revealed that there are several Hispanic singers with the surname Lopez – Trini, Pablo, Lisa, Rosa, Brian, Sonia, Ivan, Julio, Kareem, Cesar, Nadia……

27d

European agreed to reveal studies (4)

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30d

One's paid rugby player to scratch bottom (3)

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PRO p (rugby player) missing or ‘scratching’ the last letter or ‘bottom’