Independent Cryptic #11840

2024-09-20

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1a

With difficulty one respects things everyone knows (11)

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9a

Cracked like cracknel? (5)

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10a

Servant concealing crime in church building (9)

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11a

Pleasure has to be taking in quiet trees (9)

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

Pleasure has to be taking in quiet trees [P (=quiet, i.e. piano , in music) + PINES (=trees)] in HAS

12a

Men going both ways holding front of this spinning device (5)

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Men going both ways holding front of this spinning device T <his> (“front of” means first letter only) in [RO (OR=other ranks; “going both ways” means also reversed) + OR (=men, i.e. other ranks)]

13a

Question expert posed about neutron sceptically (7)

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Question expert posed about neutron, sceptically ASK (=question, as verb) + [N (=neutron) in ACE (=expert)]

14a

Mozart symphony about to be returned after Judge finished with it (7)

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Mozart symphony about to be returned after Judge finished with it J (=judge) + UP (=finished, over) + IT + ER (RE=about, i.e. regarding; “to be returned” indicates reversal); the Jupiter Symphony is Mozart’s Symphony 41 in C major.

17a

Fugitive advanced into part of airport (7)

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19a

Excessive ability holding doctor back (7)

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21a

Soporific plant left world leader losing power (5)

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Soporific plant left world leader losing power L (=left) + <p> OTUS (=world leader, i.e. President of the United States; “losing power (=P, in physics)” means letter “p” is dropped); cf. the Lotus-eaters, from the Odyssey

23a

Cat’s important role secondarily in economy (9)

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Cat ’s important role, secondarily in economy MAIN (=important, principal) + [<r> O <le> (“secondarily” means second letter only) in ECON (=economy)]; a Maine Coon is a large cat with a long tail

24a

Be surrounded by everyone in family on arriving at last (9)

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Be surrounded by everyone in family on arriving at last ALL (=everyone) in [FAM (=family) + ON + <arrivin> G (“at last” means last letter only)]

25a

A cross and diamonds removed from clock face indicating rotation? (5)

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A cross and diamonds removed from clock face, indicating rotation? A + X (=cross, i.e. pictorially) + <d> IAL (=clock face; “ diamonds (=D, in cards) removed” means letter “d” is dropped)

26a

Tyres openly moulded in synthetic material (11)

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Tyres penalty moulded in synthetic material *(TYRES PENALTY); “moulded” is anagram indicator

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1d

Old-fashioned part of wheel’s rotation finally very loud? (9)

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Old-fashioned part of wheel’s rotation finally very loud OUT (=old-fashioned, not in) + SPOKE (=part of wheel) + <rotatio> N (“finally” means last letter only); outspoken is very loud, vocal, with one’s opinions

2d

Unknown figure is elevated in style of heavenly regions (7)

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Unknown figure is elevated in style of heavenly regions [Y (=unknown figure, in algebra) + SI (IS; “elevated” means vertically reversed)] in ÉLAN (=style, dash)

3d

Exceedingly wily imprisoning rebellious soldiers(9)

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Exceedingly wily, imprisoning rebellious soldiers … [UP (=rebellious, in mutiny) + REME (=soldiers, i.e. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)] in SLY (=wily)

4d

soldiers run to be caught by police (5)

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5d

Expression of self one finally achieved with post-death message (7)

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Expression of self , one finally achieved with post-death message <on> E (“finally” means last letters only) + GOT (=achieved, obtained) + RIP (=post-death message, i.e. Rest In Peace)

6d

Barely filled tin after inserting stone? On the contrary (5)

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7d

Vaguely observed international judge going round Italy (8)

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Vaguely observed international judge going round Italy INT (=international) + [I (=Italy, in IVR) in HEAR (=judge, try)]; according to Chambers , “in the air” means “prevalent in a vague or indefinite form”, hence “vaguely observed”

8d

Very close though filling wide area (4)

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14d

A lot of sackcloth offering a thrill in an obvious way? (9)

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15d

Tout Seine (9)

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16d

Deal with again? Deal with her afresh around noon (8)

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Deal with again? Deal with her afresh around noon N (=noon) in *(DEAL + HER); “afresh” is anagram indicator

18d

Seasonal entertainment used to be a sea voyage (7)

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20d

Old and mean but not at first too old (7)

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Old and mean but not at first too old O (=old, as in Old Testament ) + <a> VERAGE (=mean, in statistics; “not at first” means first letter is dropped)

21d

Story about fellow would be biography (4)

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Story about fellow would be biography F (=fellow) in LIE (=story, untruth); e.g. A Life of Charles Dickens would be a biography

22d

Suggestion burying uncovered bulb will produce flower (5)

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23d

Wanders over entering site of battle (5)

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Wanders over, entering site of battle O (=over, on cricket scorecard) in MONS (=site of battle, in WW1); to moon is to wander about listlessly or gaze vacantly