Independent Cryptic #11868

2024-10-23

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1a

Fans of a departing horse making animal noises (9)

Generating...

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

FO A L (young horse) excluding (departing) A + LOWING (making cattle [animal] noises)

6a

Yawn as fruit recipe lost (4)

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

G R APE (fruit) excluding (lost) R ([Latin] recipe)

8a

Issues about extremely short book (8)

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9a

Cherish women about to be thrown out of city (6)

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10a

Four astute tradesmen's stocks (6)

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11a

Varadkar shot burrowing mammal (8)

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12a

Walk unsteadily in summer? (6)

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15a

Claims no drunk can display brevity (8)

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16a

Geraint and Emily secretly together (8)

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19a

Superior passport perhaps found in Russian vehicle (6)

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21a

Development of chemical process involving carbon migration (8)

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

REA C TION (chemical process) with the C (chemical symbol for carbon) moving (migration) to the front of the word to form C REATION

22a

Polish film in trouble (6)

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24a

Fake American policeman in New York (6)

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25a

Sane public right to replace leader (8)

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

N ATIONAL (public) with R (right) replacing (to replace) the N at the beginning [leader] to form R ATIONAL

26a

Small sweet potato (4)

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27a

Talks online after repellent creature given protective coat (9)

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

ANIMAL (creature) reversed (repellent) + TED (name of a series of on-line talks presented by TED Conferences, an American-Canadian non-profit media organization that posts international talks for free distribution under the slogan “ideas worth spreading”)

Down

1d

Strength of warning about Tesla (5)

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

FORE (shout of warning at golf) containing (about) T (tesla [derived SI unit of magnetic flux density)

2d

Young runner always allowed outside (7)

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3d

Paddled in sea after boat discovered (5)

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4d

Set up home above stable? (7)

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5d

Applicable to any group that's playing Carnegie Hall at last (9)

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6d

When is boring right-wing politician getting new cooker? (7)

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

( AS [when] contained in [boring] GOVE [reference Michael GOVE [born 1967, former Conservative {right-wing} government minister and MP]) + N (new)

7d

Divided and cut up stem on daffodil primarily (9)

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

LOP (cut) reversed (up) + ARISE (stem [spring up]) + D ( first letter of [primarily] D AFFODIL:)

13d

Sniper who lost control (9)

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14d

Vin rouge? It's not for consumption when driving on public roads (9)

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

RED (vin rouge) – as mentioned in the introduction, I struggle with the wordplay here.

17d

Scared in dangerous situation for 1920s Chicago Feds (7)

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18d

Employee on public transport repeated phrase in meditation (7)

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20d

Take out of the freezer food initially stored badly (7)

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

Anagram of (badly) ( F [ first letter of {initially} F OOD] and STORED )

22d

Rod is bachelor and not stuck up (5)

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23d

Antelope seen in country not Iran (5)

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

IR ELAND (country) excluding (not) IR (International Vehicle Registration for Iran)