Independent Cryptic #11863

2024-10-17

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Across

1a
29a

(and 29 Across) Ali's question about our planet appears in Dawkins work (3,8,4,2,5)

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7a

Father occasionally gets pissed as a newt (3)

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

Anagram of (gets pissed) FTE ( letters 1, 3 and 5 [occasionally] of F A T H E R)

9a

Sluggish emperor is snubbed in Congress (5)

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10a

A sprinter resolved to come out (9)

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11a

When lecturing, I leave something to help the pupils (3-4)

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

EYE ( sounds like [when lecturing] I ) + DROP (walk out on; leave)

12a

Half-exposed tenor at work? Not so (7)

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

T (tenor) + OP (opus; work) + LESS (not so [much])

13a

For instance, newspapers, radio and TV servicemain sources of information apparently (4,5)

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

MASS ([church] service] + MED ( MED iterranean sea; [ocean] main) + IA ( first letters of [sources of] I NFORMATION and A PPARENTLY)

16a

Discover nonsense writer's first bit of nonsense (5)

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

LEAR (reference Edward LEAR [1812 – 1888], an English writer of nonsense verse) + N ( first letter of [first bit of] N ONSENSE)

19a

Bread is being imported this month (5)

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20a

Maybe lied about drug, one featured in Beatles number (9)

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

SONG (lied [German lyric song]) containing (about) ( METH [ METH adone [synthetic addictive drug similar to morphine, longer-acting than heroin] + I [Roman numeral for one])

21a

Aid for driving glitzy dandy about (3,4)

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24a

Super network computer in Utah is no longer working (7)

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

DEF (slang term meaning very good or super) + ( NC [network computer, acronym in Chambers] contained in UT [Utah])

26a

Working with ancient Greek, endless learners must be alert (2,3,4)

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

ON (working) + THEBA N (inhabitant of the ancient Greek city of Thebes) excluding the final letter (endless) N + ( L [learner] + L [learner] giving learners)

27a

Long stick used in mudflat hiking (5)

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28a

Veiled woman stripped off to be free (3)

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

B RID E (many BRIDE s wear a veil) excluding the outer letters (stripped off) B and E

29a

See 1 Across

Down

1d

Take one groom's assistant with very high temperature to see clan member (9)

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

( R [recipe, Latin for take] + I [Roman numeral for one] + BES T MAN [groom’s assistant at a wedding]) with the T (temperature) moved to the top (very high) of this down entry to form T RIBESMAN

2d

A break when cardinals regularly feast? (9)

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

ELEVENS (11 is a cardinal [number]) + ES ( letters 2 and 4 [regularly] of F E A S T)

3d

Armature of motor that's unchanged after turning (5)

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

ROTOR is a palindrome so it reads the same when turned through 180 degrees (unchanged after turning)

4d

Empty terminals around diametrically opposite points (9)

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

ANODES (terminals of electrolytic cells) containing (around) TIP (empty)

5d

Old key found in lift (5)

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6d

Skybound risk taker I see during match point (4,5)

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

( I + LO [see!]) contained in (during) ( TEST [an international sports match] + PT [point])

7d

Expatriate chucked up life-prolonging concoction (English not Irish) (5)

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

ELIX IR (liquid chemical preparation once supposed to have the power of indefinitely prolonging life) reversed (chucked up; down entry) with E (English) replacing (not) IR (Irish)

8d

Some young people finally drown in river (5)

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14d

Island with apples for voracious women (3-6)

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

MAN (reference the Isle of MAN ; island) + EATERS (apples suitable for eating)

15d

Half-cut Lord Admiral shot American native (9)

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

Anagram of (shot) LO (l etters remaining in LO RD when R and D [2 of the 4 {half} letters] are removed ) and ADMIRAL

17d

Strange rationale for one causing estrangement (9)

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18d

Symphonic metal band's dark desire (9)

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

NIGHT (dark[ness]) + WISH (desire)

21d

Knock down a storey (5)

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

FLOOR (storey of a building) double definition

22d

Georgia and Edward under curfew (5)

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

GA (Georgia) + TED (Edward)

23d

Quiet chanteuse not loud? Certainly not (5)

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

PIAF (reference Edith PIA F [1915 – 1963], French singer; chanteuse] excluding (not) F (forte; loud) + NO (certainly not)

25d

Half-hearted fellas at work? Not so (5)

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

Anagram of (at work) FE L LAS excluding either one of the central Ls [half-hearted)