Independent Cryptic #12047

2025-05-20

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Compiler's heartless boss rejected rubbish enclosure (9)

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Wizard from United featured in FourFourTwo and Match? (5)

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Eulogy begins with this lad's inspiring introduction to Norwegian Wood (5)

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Relaxed with a piece of cake and mulled gin after work (4-5)

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Caught bad Ploughman's whiff (9)

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Watch Rolling Stone inside nude bar? (5)

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One-sided review of Renault Clio unveiled back in Geneva (10)

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What did Latin lover say in conversation that's explosive? (4)

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Nearly knocked over hot drink (4)

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Weapon employed by Stallone, perhaps harshly (10)

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Drag queen's rise (5)

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Homes for unmarried mothers? (9)

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Does maybe weird insect biting hip initially suck? (9)

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Chocolate chip (5)

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Hurl after skipping a meal (5)

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Junk on the bed? (9)

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Down

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Hunt famously gathered in Staffs (5)

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"Glorifying", "oddly iconic", "grim"terms for John Fowles's Daniel Martin novel (9)

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African gent I pay for massage (8)

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Article has tips from talented humanist, Essex-born, as preface to 1A, 6A and 9 21, 20 12 22 (3)

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A celebrity cycling a long way with Scotsman who's dreaded (11)

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Vexed by revolting school grub ... (6)

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... good and ready for beef! (5)

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Witness gyrations up in the air (9)

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Story on X about "posh" BGT host's aides (11)

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Volte-face in exemplar ut annus horribilis (9)

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Convert legless marionette, carelessly broken by Charlie (9)

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Disease rare in plant (8)

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Comic like Asterix? (6)

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Order white trousers for the wife? (5)

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Cut dash when exposed with no clobber on bottom (5)

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Actor’s Killing Fields runner (3)

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