Independent Cryptic #11830

2024-09-09

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Returning prisoner changed shoes for protective footwear (8)

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Smashes holes in sides of barrels (6)

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9a

Tracks run out from separate holding centre in Wolverhampton (8)

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Outgoing leader rings daughter as instructed (6)

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Jump jet regularly starts to nosedive during flip (2-3)

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Unite enraged about partisan report's conclusions, say (9)

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Dishevelled robe on heavenly body (6)

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Fiendish new setter caught on tape? (7)

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Uniform covered in strong-smelling, phosphorus-free ointment (7)

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Immature lout taken aback by silence on island (6)

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Damage from vehicle left one in confused state (9)

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Religious scholar cut short talk (5)

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Organised group that chases criminals off (6)

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Burly, Welsh scoundrel becomes carnival attraction (3,5)

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Dull clergyman touring Dordogne on vacation (6)

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29a

Humiliates German artist partaking in perverse deeds (8)

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1d

Mineral from isthmus pygmies sent north (6)

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2d

One with no respect for environment butchered big turtle (9)

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Upstanding detective protecting easily-led female gets stitched up (5)

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(and 22 Down) Paradise Island? Yes, life is sorted! (7,6)

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Slender, toothless gizmo (9)

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Central characters in novel about Colditz liked a drink (5)

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8d

Condemn structure in speech (8)

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11d

Infection consuming upper-class womaniser (4)

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15d

Troubled ex-Marine given drug test again (2-7)

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Home Counties captivated by aristocratic journalist's nasal outburst (9)

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18d

English churchman taking turn in courtyard trembled (8)

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20d

Follow story on the radio (4)

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21d

Colonial hairstyle? (7)

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Assassin kept in isolation in jail (5)

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Controversy about contrary athlete (5)

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