Independent Cryptic #11899

2024-11-28

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Across

6a

C Five Gold Rings o (7)

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

An anagram (‘mess’) of AUNT inside or ‘ringed’ by V (five) AU (gold)

7a

Self-evident truth of unlimited cabs back to my place? (5)

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9a

R Car Wash? o (4)

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

AXL (as in Axl Rose – a lead singer of Guns and Roses) and E (last letter or ‘finale’ of Royc E) – the axle on a car would be turning as it was driven into a car wash.

10a

Twinning of Staffs uni town with Channel port collapsed (10)

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11a

Asked old singers to bolster finale (8)

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13a

Cliquey gag that is entertaining New Jersey and Oklahoma (6)

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

IE (that is) around or ‘entertaining’ NJ (New Jersey) and OK (Oklahoma)

15a

Wide area Dubai evacuated where there's been no rain lately (4)

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

W (wide) A (area) D uba I (first and last letters only or ‘evacuated’)

17a

Girl points machine gun inside (5)

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

S E (‘points’ as in South and East) with UZI (machine gun) inside

18a

Conservative European country alienating a large populous area (4)

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

C (Conservative) IT al Y (European country) without or ‘alienating’ A L (large)

19a

Cheerio! copper said symbolically (6)

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20a

Handle secret agent from the east escorting our Scottish king (8)

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

BOND (secret agent) reversed or ‘from the east’ around or ‘escorting’ OOR (Scottish for ‘our’) and K (king)

23a

He falls overboard after getting tanked up (10)

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26a

Second judge sacked that's dodgy (4)

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

j IFFY (second) missing J (judge)

27a

Muslim verse featured Hindu deity (5)

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

SHIA (Muslim) around or ‘featuring’ V (verse)

28a

Living near the ground English friend receives Nigel naked (7)

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

E (English) PAL (friend) around or ‘receiving’ n IGE l (missing first and last letters or ‘naked’)

Down

1d

Island nurse 18 suffering a loss of confidence (10)

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2d

One going round selling white fish wife caught on river (6)

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

HAKE (white fish) around or ‘catching’ W (wife) + R (river)

3d

Real star or obscure character? (4)

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4d

Support carbon-free first-rate synthetic resin (8)

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

BA c K (support) without or ‘free’ of C (carbon) ELITE (first-rate)

5d

Golf club needing new payments system (4)

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6d

5 9 11 gutted female animal (5)

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

V (five) IX (nine) E leve N (11- first and last letters only or ‘gutted’)

8d

Mongoose flesh fed aircraftman (7)

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12d

Uzbek occasionally into pop stars seen thus? (5)

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

uZbEk (alternate letters only or ‘occasionally’) inside DAD (pop)

14d

Sailor on board cutter died having dived into the water (10)

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

JACK (sailor) on KNIFE (board cutter) D (died)

16d

Glimpses draper customising curtains (7)

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17d

Mark sitting outside Yard in police vehicle (8)

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21d

My brother uncovered court papers implicating Kelvin (6)

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

c OUR t (missing first and last letters or ‘uncovered’) ID (papers) around or ‘implicating’ K (Kelvin)

22d

For starters order French fries and liver kidneys etc (5)

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

First letters or ‘starts’ to Order French Fries And Liver

24d

Much of the UK upset about state floating prison (4)

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

GB (most of the UK) reversed or ‘upset’ around or ‘about’ RI (state as in Rhode Island)

25d

Struggle with opinion (4)

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