Independent Cryptic #11872

2024-10-28

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Across

1a

Gather Mark put back into job (9)

flowerflowerflower
6a

Fairground attraction regularly exhibited reindeer (4)

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

Odd letters of r e i n d e e r

8a

Works out limits of elegant plaything (8)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Ill-treat young lady touring university quarter (6)

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

(Miss(=young lady) around U{niversity}) + E(=quarter on the compass)

10a

Fellow follows heart in fall recess (6)

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Cove(=fellow) after [f]al[l]

11a

Delusion about being immaculate (8)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Rushes back across north shore (6)

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Darts<(=rushes) around N{orth}

15a

Rowdy husband demolishing an igloo (8)

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

H{usband} + (an igloo)*

16a

Surgeon admitting death leads to terribly acrimonious feud (8)

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

(Vet{inary surgeon} around end(=death)) + t[erribly] a[crimonious]

19a

Extremely envious about line in legal arrangement (6)

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

E[nviou]s + c{irca}(=about) + row(=line). Escrow is a legal arrangement for holding money with a third party until some milestone has been reached.

21a

Ewe turns out to be alternative source of milk (8)

flowerflowerflower
22a

Pen Charlie essentially twirled in exam (6)

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C{harlie}(=phonetic alphabet) + (twi]r[led]) in oral(=exam)

24a

Submissive female catches chill periodically (6)

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Doe around c h i l l

25a

German ill-equipped to comprehend Ghana's armed struggle (8)

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

G{erman} + (unfit around GH, which is the 2 letter ISO code for Ghana)

26a

They say it was wild in Marlowe's time (4)

flowerflowerflower
27a

Infernal substance 17 removes with electronic article (9)

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

Tartar(=a substance removed by a dentist) + e{lectronic} + an(=indefinite article)

Down

1d

Bucolic painting male replaced with rhino's head (5)

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Mural with m{ale} replaced by r[hino]

2d

Song about endless territory in battleground state (7)

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

Aria around zon[e]. In this context, the town of Tombstone was located in Arizona.

3d

Crew of old ship engaged in exercise (5)

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

(O{ld} SS(=ship)) in PE.

4d

Really popular bible book bolstering theist's conclusion (7)

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

In(=popular i.e. the "in" thing) + (Ruth(=bible book) after [theis]t)

5d

Ace abandons struggling Boston team? It's a grave sign! (9)

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(Boston te[a]m)*

6d

Composer from Berlin is sorely upset (7)

flowerflowerflower
7d

Daughter read Poe's moving letters for brigand (9)

flowerflowerflower
13d

Consequently those people are in favour of being heard (9)

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Hom of "They're for"

14d

Bird raised in hollow is cleaner (9)

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Egret< in dent

17d

Professional study on temperature is supported by model (7)

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

Den(=study) + t{emperature} + is + T(=model T Ford). Doc Holliday was, of course, a dentist originally.

18d

Consumed by fury discontented vigilante becomes agent of retribution (7)

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

V[igilant]e in anger(=fury)

20d

Arm mangled in brace (7)

flowerflowerflower
22d

Criminal leads government a merry dance (5)

flowerflowerflower
23d

White layer beneath exposed mass (5)

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

Hen under [m]as[s]