Independent Cryptic #11818

2024-08-26

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1a

Very tired club athlete (10)

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Shot(=very tired) + putter(=golf club)

6a

Hot show becomes a musical (4)

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9a

Individual pocketing hard small stones (7)

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10a

Staples possibly used for some Cassatt works (7)

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12a

Fashion house manufactured a nice bag featuring a logo at the front (10)

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(A nice bag)* around (a l[ogo])

13a

Leaves the bar oddly (3)

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Odd letters of t h e b a r

15a

Central components of forward country? (6)

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16a

Accommodation on moorland proved to be a letdown (8)

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Flat(=accommodation) after fell(=moorland)

18a

Heaven is located within a row of shops (8)

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Is in parade

20a

Big-picture ultimately utilitarian European leader (6)

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Macro(=big-picture e.g. macro-economics) + [utilitaria]n

23a

Large amount of data about a talk (3)

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GB(=gigabyte) around a

24a

Each country’s restricting the onset of major emissions (10)

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(Ea{ch) + nation's) around m[ajor]

26a

Capital from independent firms invested in Northern Ireland and America (7)

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(I{ndependent} + Co{mpanies}) in N{orthern} I{reland} + A{merica}. Nicosia is a the capital of Cyprus.

27a

Title mostly covering every single coaching role (7)

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Ter[m](=title) around each(=every single)

28a

It contains antioxidants and saccharin occasionally (4)

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Even letters of s a c c h a r i n

29a

Corrupt metal starts to affect smartphone charger? (10)

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Lead(=metal) + a[ffect] s[martphone] + tray, a charger being a type of tray.

Down

1d

Casual get-together aboard cruise ship? (4)

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2d

I know a smashing area somewhere in the Pacific (7)

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3d

Inflexibility of editor involved in disastrous design phase (13)

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4d

Fish around river channel (6)

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5d

Stresses seem periodically to accompany developmental stages (8)

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Even letters of s e e m + phases(=developmental stages)

7d

A tablet reconfigured for helping illegal activity (7)

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8d

Being at ease takes skill and going back to square one (10)

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Resting aound art(=skill)

11d

Certain characters seen in San Marino and Vatican City? (13)

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CD/DD – San Marino and Vatican City, as well as being countries in their own right, are also their own capitals.

14d

Support a government with a spread of information (10)

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17d

Key bacteria finally found on dead mushroom (8)

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Esc(=key, the Escape key) + [bacteri]a + late(=dead). Mushroom here is used as a verb e..g. to mushroom out of control.

19d

Novel about bishop heading off for holy city (7)

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Re(=about) + b[ishop] + [M]ecca(=Islamic holy city)

21d

Was the lead singer a big stockholder? (7)

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Not sure on this – seems to be ran(=was) + Cher(=lead singer)

22d

Salted nuts didn’t run out (6)

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25d

Pretentious group of people lacking power (4)

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[P]arty