Independent Cryptic #12050

2025-05-23

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Across

1a

Pagan woman using intelligence against the church (5)

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4a

French at home: small space note poor internally (9)

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

EN (printing term equivalent to the width of a letter N; small space) + ( ILL [poor] contained in [internally] FAME [note])

9a

No good abandoning cursing about latest respectful greeting (7)

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10a

Nice struggling to contain its sea flowing back covering particular area (7)

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11a

Computer displays our dates after manipulation (8)

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12a

Entirely supply copyright? That's a boost (6)

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14a

Revealing a lot of flesh but no wicked spirit? Heavens (3)

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

SK IMP Y (descriptive of an outfit revealing a lot of flesh) excluding (but no) IMP (wicked spirit)

15a

British are missing former PM from part of London (10)

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17a

Newspaper say fronted by bigwig offering source of music (10)

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19a

Protection from sun and warmth dissipating energy (3)

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

H E AT (warmth) excluding (dissipating) E (energy)

21a

A system of divination I ignored expressing desire (6)

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22a

Supplier of eggs mostly beset by small guy and comrade (8)

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24a

Traffic control around college is not extensive (7)

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

CONE (object used in traffic control) containing (around) ( C [college] + IS )

25a

Articles about British actor in poor performance as patriarch (7)

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

([ A {indefinite article} + A {indefinitie article} giving articles] containing [about] BR [British]) + HAM (incompetent actor; actor in poor performance)

27a

Looks after outhouses around pub with hesitation (9)

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

SHEDS (outhouses) containing (around) ( PH [public house; pub] + ER [expression of hesitation])

28a

Boast having attained new leading position (5)

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Down

1d

Go and cry endlessly (3)

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2d

Argument over some American designer (7)

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3d

Husband seen from the rear in part of London (6)

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4d

Soon erasing line about gun in correspondence (10)

Generating...

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

EAR L Y (soon) excluding (erasing) L (line), containing (about) PISTOL (gun)

5d

Unconstrained bank elevating source of finance (4)

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

REE F (shoal or bank) with the letter F (f irst letter o f [source of] F inance) moved up this down entry to form F REE

6d

Strength to stay at home around day (8)

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

MIGHT (strength) containing (to stay) ( IN [at home] containing [around] D [day])

7d

Thin plate unsatisfactory all turned upside down (7)

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8d

Chap struggling with the sea beginning to consider ship's emergency feature (11)

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

Anagram of (struggling) CHAP and (with) THE SEA and C ( first letter of [beginning to] Consider)

11d

More than one opposition is brought in to stop experts limiting navy (11)

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

( IS contained in [brought in] REST [to stop]) + ( ACES [experts] containing [limiting] N [navy])

13d

South Americans rampaging on a crusade (10)

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

Anagram of (rampaging) ON A CRUSADE

16d

Like a family fight about pub kept up (8)

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

CLASH (fight) containing (about) INN (public house; pub) reversed (kept up; down entry)

18d

Improve opportunity dismissing Conservative for English Nationalist (7)

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

C HANCE (opportunity) with ( E [English] + N [Nationalust]) replacing (for) the excluded (dismissing) C (Conservative)

19d

Temperature dropping from peak not entirely warm - oh well! (7)

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20d

Excellent mostly sumptuous material (6)

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23d

Tolerate conflict enveloping Europe (4)

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26d

Intend to dismiss a squad? (3)

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

ME A N (intend) excluding (to dismiss) A