Independent Cryptic #11928

2025-01-01

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1a

Have drinking spree with Liberal where “You’ll never walk alone” comes from (8)

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CAROUSE (have drinking spree) L (Liberal)

5a
32a

(and 32 Across) Where leader passedcapital place to sleep, I hesitate to say (6,6)

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9a

Strengthening device sufficient provided current included? Right (9)

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AMPLE (sufficient) round or ‘including’ IF (provided) I (current) + R (right)

11a

Illumination from old BBC radio programme (5)

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Double definition – the BBC Light Programme became Radio 2 in 1967

12a
14a

(and 14 Across) Film short meeting (5,9)

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14a

See 12 Across

16a

Warhorse oncesource of continuing power (7)

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Double definition – the second relating to recharging batteries

18a

Very many dogs not needing lead (6)

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p OODLES (dogs) missing the first letter or ‘lead’

20a
22a

(and 22 Across) Global body French article briefly describes (6,7)

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22a

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25a

Person writing cheque on return homegrand, providing funds (9)

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A reversal (‘on return’) of DRAWER (person writing cheque) + IN (home) G (grand)

27a

Period of fascination (5)

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Double definition

28a

Plants from State I’d overlooked (5)

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FLOR id A (State) missing or ‘overlooking’ I’d’

30a

Hand over text I read differently (9)

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32a

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33a

Ultimately terrible analogy recollected deadly cargo’s bearer (5,3)

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E (last or ‘ultimate’ letter of terrible) + an anagram (‘recollected’) of ANALOGY

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1d

Following Conservative legislation, support tax maybe (8)

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C (Conservative) LAW (legislation) BACK (support)

2d

Odd, peculiar, non-uniform, copy (7)

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An anagram (‘odd’) of PEC u LIAR missing the ‘u’ (uniform in the phonetic alphabet)

3d

Weapon seizure upset to some extent (3)

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4d

Banishment from English team extremely lamentable (5)

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E (English) XI (eleven – ‘team’) L E (first and last letters or ‘extremes’ of lamentable)

6d

Untrustworthy person in shelter after revolution (3)

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A reversal (‘after revolution’) of LEE (shelter)

7d

Beneficiary seen entering castle gate eagerly (7)

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8d

Character, grown-up, getting new start (6)

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m ATURE (grown-up) with the first letter or ‘start’ replaced by N (new)

10d

Managed to include company protecting another one producing fur (7)

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RAN (managed) round or ‘including’ CO (company) round or ‘protecting’ CO (another company)

13d

Ali, say, in plane (7)

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Double definition, the first referring to boxer Mohammed Ali

15d

Latest reports of cheerful romantic meetings (7)

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UP (cheerful) DATES (romantic meetings)

17d

Unexpectedly dire new drink (3,4)

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19d

Some mishapsalter your instrument (8)

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21d

Recent arrival’s renown at work captivates British (7)

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An anagram (‘at work’) of RENOWN round or ‘captivating’ B (British)

23d

Kick-off opportunity (7)

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Double definition

24d

Page about wonderful building? (6)

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26d

Progress in good school (3,2)

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G (good) ETON (school)

29d

Excellent batches oddly abandoned (3)

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Even letters only (‘oddly abandoned’) of bAtChEs

31d

Associate failing to finish everything (3)

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ALL y (associate) missing the last letter or ‘failing to finish’