Independent Cryptic #12039

2025-05-10

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8a

Sister’s half-siblings? (4)

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9a

Strip cartoon bear charged with a noisy disturbance (10)

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10a

Composition from boy with a talent (though not fast) (6)

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11a

Grew upward round about 10, then 10 to get muscle (8)

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12a

Trouble brewing close to infant nurse (6)

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14a

Go ‘CRASH!’ Not quite what you might say playing with baby (8)

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16a

Drop baby's cuddly toy (4)

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18a

Nursery product displayed in arboretum or used in these borders! (5)

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19a

Big boys’ uniform choices for course (4)

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20a

Mary and Luke modelled small person’s headwear (8)

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21a

Come up with tips to differentiate the twins, possibly (6)

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23a

Scaremongering from 11+? Honestly, it’ll make you withstand examination (4,4)

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26a

Nina managed to keep husband and daughter under control (2,4)

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27a

Salesman had sex endlessly to create another baby boom? (10)

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28a

Living without Charlie Brown (4)

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Down

1d

Matilda is one avoiding bottom smack (6)

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2d

Team spending time with forceps struggling to secure delivery (6,4)

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3d

Big Bird and Elmo have reinvented rearing beginners (4)

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4d

European school ends up English instead (4)

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5d

Served as girl with best-in-class upside-down cake? (10)

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6d

Bring home outspoken little playmate for Eric (4)

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7d

Enthusiastically try putting baby Oscar in dress (2,2,4)

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13d

Capacity of rough partner in child’s play to get body for rugby league (10)

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14d

First 60% of Indian bread rolls to become baby food? (5)

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15d

Tone and Tom running after a ball (10)

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17d

Pupil facing questions a setter’s put in Old English (8)

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22d

Rubbish about hide of Nellie the Elephant being revered by Hindus (6)

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24d

Diminutive boy and girl vacantly shaking out a bit of ketchup? (4)

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25d

Thesaurus entry for boy on seesaw? (4)

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26d

Newspaper article linked boy and girl (4)

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