Independent Cryptic #11961

2025-02-08

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1a

Get shot of jet in light shower? (7)

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FIRE (get shot of) FLY (jet)

5a

Place with bother about new concern (7)

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A reversal (‘about’) of PUT (place) RATS (bother)

9a

Unknown cube in German vessel (5)

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Y (unknown) ACHT (8 in German – 8 is 2 x 2 x 2)

10a

Good end - but not start - for sprout (9)

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G (good) t ERMINATE (end) missing first letter or ‘start’

11a

Water feature essential to partner Trevi Rome in return (10)

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12a

Pedestrian thanks author (4)

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TA (thanks) ME (author)

14a

Herb engulfing a pet (6)

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CRESS (herb) around or ‘engulfing’ A

15a

Recorded time tweaked by playing side (8)

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17a

Pleasant snack for Spooner's party (8)

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A Spoonerism of FUN BITE (pleasant snack)

19a

The Ring u (6)

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WAS (used to be) HER (a movie starring Spike Jonze)

22a

Sport is everything and nothing (4)

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23a

Great Britain say taking steps alongside popular high-fliers (10)

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SS (as in the ship SS Great Britain) round or ‘taking’ PACES (steps) HIP (popular)

26a

D Let It Be i (9)

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A reversal (‘recalled’) of NIL (love) + ET (movie) about AMEN (Let it be)

27a

Homeworking without originals from Netflix gets dull (5)

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DIY (home working) round or ‘without’ N G (first letters or ‘originals’ of Netflix Gets)

28a

Bigger lad tied up (7)

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29a

Nelson's mostly passionate correspondence (7)

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HO t (passionate) missing last letter or ‘mostly’ RATIO (correspondence)

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1d

Appliance for turning bagel into bread (5)

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F o R with O (bagel) changing into RYE (bread). Our last one in which took us far too long to parse despite guessing the answer.

2d

Play area with several balls for rally (7)

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3d

Hairy fruit is cut ahead of the date? (10)

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4d

Solver's drinking G&T in a dish (6)

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YOUR (solver’s as in solver has) around or ‘drinking’ G followed by T

5d

Swim away from chance for peace (8)

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SEREN dip ITY (chance) without ‘dip’ (swim)

6d

Beheaded saint gets dedicated (4)

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d AVID (Saint) missing first letter or ‘beheaded’

7d

Short guy stealing black and silver drinks products (7)

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TEAS e (guy) missing last letter or ‘short’ round or ‘stealing’ B (black) AG (silver)

8d

Quiet about money that's fake (9)

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P (quiet) RE (about) TENDER (money)

13d

Official Australian fish eaten by crazy men (10)

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A (Australian) BASS (fish) inside our ‘eaten by’ MAD (crazy) OR (other ranks – ‘men’)

14d

Main horse carrier carrying second son (9)

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COB (horse) BA (British Airways – ‘carrier’) around or ‘carrying’ S (second) + LAD (son)

16d

Guide female doctor around emergency room (8)

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SHE (female) PHD (doctor) around ER (Emergency Room)

18d

In name only ultimately not there otherwise? (7)

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A clue as definition. An anagram (‘otherwise’) of I n NAM e ONL y – each missing last letter or ‘ultimately not there’

20d

Lockkeeper dodging the rain (7)

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21d

Short end (6)

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

Double definition although SCOTCH = SHORT took a while for the penny to drop.

24d

Permission from e.g. Esso announced (5)

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If you SAY (‘announce’) Esso it sounds like S O

25d

Unfinished island drink (4)

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