Independent Cryptic #11836

2024-09-16

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Across

1a

Game over for hawk (4)

flowerflowerflower
3a

Pubs without stress - places for regulars (8)

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

Bars(=pubs) around rack(=stress)

9a

Green pistachio nuts cracked by Edward (15)

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

(Pistachio nuts)* + ed{ward}

11a

Evicted criminal trapping Parisian and Maigret? (9)

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

Evicted* around et(=French for "and")

12a

Some enjoy a lecture here? (4)

flowerflowerflower
13a

At university with jerk pretentious and vulgar (7)

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

Up(=at university) + jerk(=start in the sense of an involuntary response to something)

15a

Something used for wiping bum (6)

flowerflowerflower
17a

Rip off coat (6)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Frank's seeing that Republican leader in extremis (7)

flowerflowerflower
20a

Quarrel - it turns very loud (4)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Standing by bloke next to hospital department (9)

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

Per(=by) + man(=bloke) + ENT(=Ear, Nose and Throat)

24a

BBC boss maybe later recording broadcast about Spain (15)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Forbidding nurse bandaging hip (8)

flowerflowerflower
26a

They hold baps - bread is reduced (4)

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

Bras[s]. Bread and brass are both slang terms for money and baps may be used as slang for a woman's breasts.

Down

1d

Discovered this could make do fun? (8)

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

Clue as answer for (do fun)*

2d

Start working hard and fast (5)

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

On(=working) + set(=both hard and fast in the sense of something becoming solid)

4d

Possibly Audrey Hepburn's wonderful short hair (7)

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

Ac[e](=wonderful) + tress(=hair)

5d

Yank chain up and down a lot (14)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Got a clue muddled penning a list (9)

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

(Got a clue)* around a

7d

Group of players groaned audibly (4)

flowerflowerflower
8d

Cliff escape set abroad - this is what you expect in a Bond film (14)

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

(Cliff escape set)*

10d

Words from groom perhaps about one tense ass (5)

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

(I do(=words said by groom at a wedding) around I) + t{ense}

14d

Keep going north after solo ride all over the place (9)

flowerflowerflower
16d

Snakes say we spot regularly in nettles (8)

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

Even letters of "w e s p o t " in riles

18d

Go off base following former policeman (7)

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

E(=base of natural logarithms) after ex(=former) policeman(=plod)

19d

Child finally goes for good (5)

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

[Goe]s + pro(=for) + g{ood}

22d

Boob reflected in mirror regrettably (5)

flowerflowerflower
23d

Old editor picked up special poems (4)

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

O{ld} ed< + s{pecial}