Independent Cryptic #11948

2025-01-24

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7a

Worker behind importing quiet device for summoning porter? (8)

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9a

Uncover origins of really expensive meat (6)

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10a

Make mark in completion of list say with ‘Henry’ (4)

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11a

Place where you’ll find Americans misused African oil (10)

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12a

Bring down main court statement? Not entirely (6)

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14a

Transport worker in company leading a vessel with King on board (8)

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

CO (abbreviation for company), before (leading) A + CAN (vessel = container), containing (with . . . on board) HM (abbreviation for His Majesty the King).

15a

Very serious additional discussion tails off (6)

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17a

A lot of criticism about alternative technology still (6)

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20a

Popular music genre very French keeping university in delight (8)

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

RAP (popular music genre) + TRES (très = “very” in French), containing U (abbreviation for university). The plural form is odd, but “in raptures” = in a state of delight.

22a

Pressure on large scale around time of digestion (6)

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

P (abbreviation for pressure) + EPIC (slang for on a large scale), around T (abbreviation for time). Relating to the digestive system, as in a peptic ulcer.

23a

Local tenor struggling - something about the throat? (10)

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24a

Follow archaeological tourists perhaps becoming glum (4)

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25a

Martial artweak art? Not weak quite wrong (6)

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26a

Film director lands first in Europe after securing second (8)

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

SCORES (lands, as a verb = achieves) + first letter in E [urope], containing (after securing = grabbing) S (abbreviation for second). US film director Martin Scorsese.

Down

1d

Others with memory about old American toilet (8)

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2d

Rock formation perhaps dry but without phosphorus (4)

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

[p] ARCH (dry, as a verb) without P (chemical symbol for phosphorus).

3d

Body tissue - ponder finding chlorine inside (6)

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4d

French director contracted to include element of Elizabethan costume (8)

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5d

Outrageous location of circus flags? (10)

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

Definition and cryptic definition. Over-the-top = excessive or outrageous; or flags at a circus would typically be flown above the Big Top (the large tent used for performances).

6d

40% of panel receiving a metal coating (6)

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

The first two letters of five (40%) in PA [nel], containing (receiving) A + TIN (metal). A surface layer that develops with age and handling, especially on metal or wood. If you like the way bronze darkens or copper goes blue-green, you call it patina; otherwise you probably call it tarnish.

8d

China’s excellent Forbidden City? (6)

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13d

Membrane’s elasticity accepted? There’s risk about that (10)

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

TONE (elasticity, as in muscle tone) + A (abbreviation for accepted), with PERIL (risk) around it. Relating to the membrane lining the abdominal cavity.

16d

Flying to areas around island like many marine rescues? (8)

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

Anagram (flying) of TO AREAS , around I (abbreviation for island). As in air-to-sea rescue = using an aircraft, typically a helicopter, to rescue casualties from a boat or from open water.

18d

Daughter avoiding tea and coffee inter alia in church - very exclusive (8)

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

LIQUI [d] S (tea and coffee inter alia ), without the D (abbreviation for daughter), inside CH (abbreviation for church). Cliquish = keeping to one’s own private group (clique) and not welcoming newcomers = very exclusive.

19d

Religious book with additional writing on charity (6)

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21d

US transport system: inclination to reduce amount up front (6)

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22d

Pirate’s associate arriving aboard vessel (6)

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24d

Gambling accessories mostly including small coin? (4)

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

DIC [e] (gambling accessories) without the last letter (mostly), including S (abbreviation for small).