Independent Cryptic #11866

2024-10-21

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1a

Savoury pie not started by kick-off in Tranmere (5)

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

A charade of T for the initial letter of ‘Tranmere’ and [P]ASTY. The surface is meaningful: some football grounds have legendary half-time pies.

4a

Suit and skirts for bride found near Sussex town (6)

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9a

Where one might see sense after reading judgement (9)

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

A cd, which works because ‘sense’ and ‘judgement’ are synonyms.

10a

Illustrious former student left to join navy base (5)

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

A charade of N for ‘navy’, OB for Old Boy or ‘former student’, L and the mathematical base E. N for ‘Navy’ is apparently in some dictionaries as an independent abbreviation for ‘Navy’, so setters don’t have to rely on RN for Royal Navy.

11a

Rise in allowance taking long? (8)

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12a

Planes kept by Steven Spielberg (5)

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14a

Readily located Audible for Kindle (6)

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16a

Flustered soldier on time after a wild date (8)

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

A charade of A, GI, T and (DATE)* The anagrind is ‘wild’.

18a

Unexpectedly opened and worn oddly - suggesting it's this? (8)

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21a

Gym class: one that Nadal used to value? (6)

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

A charade of PE, SET and A. Rafa Nadal is Spanish and therefore in a past life would have used the currency of Spain before the Euro, the PESETA.

24a

Original pieces from Werner Herzog influenced Richard Linklater's career (5)

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25a

Island excursion cut short pops in on return (8)

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

A charade of TRI[P] and DAD IN reversed. DAD for ‘pops’ works, but I think the latter is essentially AmEng usage, isn’t it? Perhaps one of our US contributors can elucidate.

28a

Retail centre's turned over minimal quantity of Angora wool (5)

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

A charade of MALL reversed and A for the initial letter of ‘Angora’.

29a

Dance supremo Anna Pavlova denied six consecutive characters (9)

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30a

Treasures amount of work put into speech (6)

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

Aural wordplay (‘put into speech’) of JOULES, which are the SI units of work.

31a

It's sweet taking drugs in Hungary on vacation (5)

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

An insertion of ON E for ‘taking drugs’ in HY for the outside letters of ‘Hungary’.

Down

1d

Two notes for French loaf (4)

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2d

Discredit wilderness guru seen cycling (5)

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

The ‘wilderness guru’ is Ray MEARS. Cycle the last letter to the front and you’ve got a word for ‘discredit’.

3d

Disheartened realise 'today' will turn into 'ages ago' (7)

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

(R[EALIS]E TODAY)* with ‘will turn into’ as the anagrind.

4d

Regurgitated food next to queen finding bun filling (6)

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5d

Social media character maddened aghast husband (7)

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6d

Dutch artist informally at home about to pour out drinks (7)

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

An insertion of IN and C for circa in VENT. The insertion indicator is ‘drinks’. ‘She vented/poured out her frustration at the situation.’

7d

Person who's expected endless sex badly beaten outside (8)

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8d

Unknown journalist's letters found finally (4)

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A charade of Z for the mathematical ‘unknown’ and EDS.

13d

Coot's restrained by doctor - one with kinky intentions? (4)

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

An insertion of I’M in GP. The insertion indicator is ‘restrained by’. My Collins has:

15d

'150 + 50' overwhelms Heather in Administration (8)

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

An insertion of ERICA for the genus of ‘heather’ in CL and L. The insertion indicator is ‘overwhelms’.

17d

Worry greatly about not perhaps reading perfectly (4)

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19d

Construction expert memorialised Scottish war hero (7)

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20d

European/American menu ok for dinner? (7)

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

A charade of E, A and TABLE.

22d

Untidy heap surrounds trench at graveyard it's observed (7)

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23d

Notice we’d gone to get wife? (6)

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24d

Greedily eat course standing up (4)

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26d

Ran around clutching party dress (5)

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27d

N Graduate Times e (4)

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