Independent Cryptic #11861

2024-10-15

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5a

Uncle Anselm's eating puts weight on the shoulders (6)

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6a

60% of Sean O'Casey works showing little craft? (6)

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

An anagram (‘works’) of SEAN O’Casey (60% of the letters)

9a

Rhea's grandmother loves to go on date (6)

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

NAN (grandmother) + O O (loves) after or ‘on’ D (date)

10a

Cut down tree somehow covering acres of farm (8)

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

An anagram (‘somehow’) of TREE replacing or ‘covering’ ‘a’ (acres) in R a NCH (farm)

11a

Make an excursion ignoring Jack's relative (4)

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

j AUNT (make an excursion) without or ‘ignoring’ J (jack)

12a

Use tsarina to brew this? (10)

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13a

Swimming great's been taking in Republic of Guinea island (11)

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

SPITZ (a swimming great – Mark Spitz) and BEEN taking in RG (Republic of Guinea)

18a

One providing yarns in court left German over dispute (10)

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

WOO (court) L (left) GER (German) over ROW (dispute)

21a

Daze caused by Stacy's first big barrel (4)

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22a

What could create starter of escargots with cream (8)

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

Cryptically, E (the starter or first letter of Escargots) and WITH could make WHITE with ‘off’ being the anagram indicator

23a

Spooner's payments reduce tension (6)

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

A Spoonerism of FEES DUE FEE DUES (payments) Thanks to all those who noticed the error.

24a

Scottish crime writer turning rector to new material (6)

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

r ANKIN (Scottish crime writer) with R (rector) changing to N (new)

25a

Discovers Fearnley almost naked cycling with son (6)

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

It’s a bit awkward but you have to make f EARNLE y ‘naked’ (take the first and last letters off) then lose the last letter (EARNL e ) (‘almost’) before ‘cycling it’ (LEARN) – you then add S (son)

Down

1d

Grass and cannabis elevated many pipes (8)

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2d

O'Riordan plays without a rook? What sort of game is this? (6)

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

An anagram (‘plays’) of O’rIORDaN without A and R (rook)

3d

More Poor Paddy without periodically dodgy line one hears (8)

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

PAddy (missing the alternate letters in DoDgY or ‘periodically’ L (line) TRIER (one hears)

4d

Serious scowl key man regularly produces (6)

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

ScOwL kEy MaN (regular letters only)

5d

Laura's essentially supporting run through Kitty being in Ireland (6)

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

la UR a’s (middle letters only or ‘essentially’) under or ‘supporting’ R (run) in CAT (kitty)

7d

Revolutionary curses out-of-date bread in Ecuador (6)

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

An anagram (‘revolutionary’) of CURSES

8d

Bolts are shot by these angry cockneys (11)

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14d

Huge mistake during match upset Ipswich captain initially (8)

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

ERR (mistake) in FIT (match) reversed or ‘upset’ and first letters of Ipswich Captain or ‘initially’

15d

Sword-shaped object's opening Finer's rent money (8)

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

An anagram (‘rent’) of O (first letter of object or ‘opening’) and FINERS followed by M (money)

16d

P Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go l (6)

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17d

dropped from bangers [Streams of Whiskey - Rehab] 's back at the top (6)

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

w URSTS (bangers) missing or ‘dropping’ W (whisky) with B (last letter or ‘back’ of rehab) at the top

19d

Fluent though lacking force maybe Galloway's sounding off (6)

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

f LOWING (fluent)without or ‘lacking’ F (force)

20d

The deep wound seared (6)

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

An anagram (‘wound’) of SEARED