Independent Cryptic #11952

2025-01-29

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6a

Band beginning to generate loud ringing sound (5)

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CLAN (band) G (first letter or ‘beginning’ to generate)

8a

Tiny amount of magnetic resistance dealt with (9)

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An anagram (‘dealt with’) of MAGNETIC and R (resistance)

10a

Stylish Poulter drawn into short shot - this could go in fountain (9)

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IN (stylish) IAN (Poulter as in Ian Poulter the golfer) inside or ‘into’ DINK (short shot in golf). Joyce guessed this one but thought that Ian Poulter would be a footballer. After checking DINK in Chambers, it made sense that Bard used a golfer named Ian. For those young solvers who have never owned a ‘fountain pen’ it was filled with liquid ink.

11a

Row about Government’s label for South Korean economy (5)

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TIER (row) about G (Government)

12a

E Elgar right to go back - score definitely subpar (5)

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E plus a reversal (‘back’) of ELGA r with ‘r’ (right) to go – another golfing reference

13a

Historical ignorance in church around since Reformation (9)

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14a

Cardinal Richelieu at heart a good man (4)

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E (middle letter or ‘heart’ of Richelieu) A ST (saint – ‘good man’)

16a

Stoma burst little bits everywhere (5)

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An anagram (‘burst’) off STOMA

18a

Partygoer's second name (4)

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21a

Priest maybe in love with artist and model dancing on air (9)

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O (love) RA (artist) T (model) and an anagram (‘dancing’) of ON AIR

23a

Boob shown as Terry and Norm disrobe (5)

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25a

Rector working in island’s clubs (5)

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R (rector) ON (working) inside I’S (island’s) – another golfing reference – does Bard play golf?

26a

Mouthwatering starter’s gone off can be returned(9)

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d ELECTABLE (mouthwatering) missing first letter or with ‘starter gone off’

27a

also sherry oddly put in cabbage dish (9)

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A l S o S h E r R y (odd letters only) inside COLE (cabbage)

28a

Regret pub’s reportedly dilapidated buildings (5)

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1d

Hollywood police go northwards to get stooge (6)

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2d

One gets really involved in play’s opening scene but not its last (8)

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ACT I (play’s opening) VIST a (scene) missing ‘its last’ letter. Our LOI which took a while to parse as we weren’t separating ‘play’s opening’ and ‘scene’.

3d

Harry Kane’s special moves twisting one way and the other (6)

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An anagram (‘harry’) of KANE’S and S (special)

4d

Do good good dog (7)

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PI (good) G (good) TAIL (dog) – ‘do’ can be short for ‘hairdo’

5d

Cassandra gone trick-or-treating holding little monster (8)

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6d

Drunken haze coincides with New Year this pattern goes on and on (13)

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7d

Oh! Little bit of porridge stuck in beard (6)

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9d

Butter up King by redeveloping sad regent's fruit and veg plots (13)

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15d

Fish found in coastal area when sun goes down (8)

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SEA SHORE (coastal area) with S (sun) moving or ‘going down’

17d

Did impression of Prior - keenly observed (8)

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19d

Early riser with nothing in schedule (7)

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20d

Recovered teetotaller stopping alcohol (6)

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22d

New York murder case - it’s chilling (6)

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24d

Burns maybe lacking energy and time to blether on (6)

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