Independent Cryptic #11933

2025-01-07

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1a

A Year in Science u (7)

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

OZ (Australian) reversed or ‘turning over’ + LOG (journal) Y (year)

5a

Clear throat after foul smell starts to infiltrate awful old country (7)

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

HEM (clear throat) after BO (foul smell) I A (first letters or ‘starts’ to Infiltrate Awful)

9a

Beset by donkey last of Welsh sheep retreats (7)

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ASS (donkey) around or ‘besetting’ H (last letter of Welsh) and RAM (sheep)

10a

Note tip from naturalist for boy (3)

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11a

Noise that might accompany eructation here in Pompeii (3)

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12a

Propelled boat and floated heading off (5)

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

s OARED (floated) missing first letter or ‘heading off’

14a

Strange collection of blokes get on cruises now and then (9)

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MEN (blokes) AGE (get on) R I E (alternate letters in cRuIsEs or ‘now and then’)

15a

Partner on board succeeded in China (8)

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17a

Top island (6)

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19a

Exact payment for haven Gerald conserves (6)

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20a

Brother with line in BBC sitcom (8)

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22a

G Strange e (9)

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24a

Cornwall tourist? Those people commonly bumped into (5)

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26a

Cold bare chest (3)

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

p ARK y (cold) missing first and last letter or ‘bare’

27a

Rough decision: head of Whipsnade must leave (3)

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

w ILL (decision) with W (head of Whipsnade) ‘leaving’

28a

Character from Corfu a nationalist knocking back vermouth and wine (7)

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CHI (Greek letter – ‘character from Corfu’) A N (nationalist) + IT (vermouth) reversed or ‘knocked back’

30a

Simple shots of models (7)

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31a

Craving alcoholic drink for five years (7)

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1d

Way cool cadenza regularly uplifts fanatics (7)

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A reversal (‘uplift’) of ST (street – ‘way’) O L E A Z (alternate or ‘regular’ letters in cOoL cAdEnZa)

2d

Different dam miles away (5)

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m OTHER (dam) without (‘away’) M (miles)

3d

Eggs on Vijay Amritraj first of all (3)

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4d

Old house on Tennessee's banks south of Yankee park (8)

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O (old) SEMI (house) TE (first and last letters or ‘banks’ of Tennessee) under or ‘south of’ Y (Yankee)

5d

Wild ox is protected by good Parisian (5)

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6d

Pineapple and some bananas -- green bananas -- chopped by a date (11)

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HAND (some bananas) and an anagram (‘bananas’) of GREEN round or ‘chopped by’ A D (date)

7d

Old lady presidential candidate half-heartedly greeting sage (9)

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8d

Playful line about drug in Olympic sport (7)

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ARCH (playful) RY (railway – ‘line’) round E (drug)

13d

Make unattractive date seem otherwise with gin! (11)

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16d

Male antelope in reserve eats only occasionally a challenge for charity (9)

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

BUCK (male antelope) inside ICE (reserve) and E a T s (alternate or ‘occasional’ letters)

18d

Cryptic setter's long-suffering without love (8)

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19d

Article one tipping hit album for Pink Floyd (7)

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AN (article) I (one) + SLAM (hit) reversed or ‘tipping’

21d

Maturity worked when ejecting leader of anarchic element (7)

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

An anagram (‘worked’) of M a TURITY without or ‘ejecting’ ‘a’ (first letter or ‘leader’ of anarchic)

23d

Durrell isolated somewhat in island (5)

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25d

On mobile phone approach house (5)

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29d

Independent and strong at the outset spurning objections (3)

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

I (independent) F (strong) S (first letter or ‘outset’ of spurning)