Independent Cryptic #11846

2024-09-27

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Across

7a

If clued ‘Cars turn here’ this could be about right (8)

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9a

Gas discharge behind V&A (6)

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10a

Rebounding off the wall in shock (4)

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11a

One who may dismiss envelope’s meaning (10)

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12a

Black line last to turn a different colour (5)

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

B (black) ROW (line) N (last letter in turn). As Bert solved 3d, Joyce solved 12ac – they clashed. Bert was correct and I had to accept that B (black) L (line) END (last) giving BLEND – to turn a different colour, didn’t quite work.

14a

Judge badly interrupting our time back in Peruvian city (8)

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

J (judge) ILL (badly) inside a reversal (‘back’) of OUR T (time). Our last one in which also needed checking.

15a

After British sent packing gracious in imprisoning singular officer (6)

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

B (British) ignored (‘sent packing’) from b ENIGN (gracious) around or ‘imprisoning’ S (singular)

17a

Suppressed author set to return (6)

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20a

Fellow trimmed representation of coral in black-and-white drawing (8)

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22a

Award - the ultimate in radio? (5)

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

The last letter in radio is O – OSCAR in the phonetic alphabet. Actually, it’s the International Radio-Telephony Spelling Alphabet which makes the use of Radio very appropriate.

23a

Vulgar group seen around that guy in newspaper (10)

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

BROAD (vulgar) SET (group) around HE (that guy) – we had to check that broad and vulgar were synonyms.

24a

Special activity backing drink (4)

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

S (special) + a reversal (‘backing’) of ADO (activity)

25a

Quietly sheltering in very cold tree (6)

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26a

Comment on avoiding marriage to miserly spinster? (8)

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Down

1d

Rock band popularly coming on board? That’s worth mentioning (8)

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2d

Noodles offered in party hosted by a Parisian (4)

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3d

A quick survey taking in hot waste container (6)

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

A SCAN (quick survey) around or ‘taking in’ H (hot) – yes, this is the one that Bert solved and clashed with my parsing of 12ac. Both parsings for 12ac made sense, but Bert’s worked with the the ‘n’ here.

4d

Opening piece very plain and clean eschewing piano (8)

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5d

Using a few words in variety of rich patois (10)

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6d

River culvert perhaps avoiding the first gutter (6)

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8d

Bible found in urban excavation (6)

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13d

Bowled in wayward overs - bowled when in drink as can be seen (10)

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16d

Fool turning up in splendour? This should explain things (8)

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

ASS (fool) reversed or ‘turning up’ in GLORY (splendour)

18d

One sending up road tips after travelling (8)

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19d

Fictional detective’s name at end of passage (6)

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21d

Most of difficult dispute will produce distress (6)

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22d

Ban university that’s upset Disney? (6)

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24d

Problem over contact sport (4)

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