Independent Cryptic #11955

2025-02-01

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1a

Powerful person's audibly tense (5)

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4a

Attendants making their way down the aisle holding up train (8)

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8a

Time for fast Aardman Animation (7)

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9a

At every launch NASA's inventors must break up storm cloud (6)

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11a

Insects seen in certain times of year but not November (5)

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12a

One propping up the bar calls for usual drink by gallon (9)

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13a

Glasses picked up very small marks (5)

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15a

Shaggy dog story initially getting surprised reaction (then disapproving one) around Yard (9)

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17a

Hoskins Rodríguez and many more slate man's cryptic (9)

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18a

Relaxes getting time away from kids (5)

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19a

Plan to cycle around meeting one on foot for game (9)

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22a

Biblical figure is beginning to cower following battery (5)

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23a

Heavy metal band starts to steal Motörhead's iconography with a couple of umlauts (6)

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24a

Contemptible individual returning a Scrabble piece (7)

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25a

Large farm animal nearly joins donkey tripping over through ha-ha (8)

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26a

Famous cellist's stringed things to play with (5)

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Down

1d

Old lady sadly turning in: so long and thanks for the fish dip (12)

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2d

Seductive type suggested hair extension (9)

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3d

They show one's out of undies perhaps (5)

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4d

Private Eye's double entendre repulsed hot-shot? (5)

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5d

Size descriptor not completely matching corgi nor mouse (9)

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6d

Blunder on live programme's finale leading to buzzer (9)

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7d

Crossword solvers snog every now and then unlike Methuselah (5)

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10d

Terribly cold busker's covering backside in two ticks? (12)

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14d

Fancy manors in a rich country (9)

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15d

Maths problem mentioned x occasionally (9)

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16d

Hell with the Tories perhaps bringing in current inequality (9)

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20d

Fish and chips regularly dropped around not a sausage (5)

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21d

Forlorn emcee's spinning record (5)

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22d

Really mean crossword setter's one of several contributing to paper (5)

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