Independent Cryptic #12057

2025-05-31

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Across

1a

Ruler here pet target for bashing (13)

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9a

Call for blood from unbelievable yahoo oddly (7)

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10a

Crude stuff produced by e.g. Berkshire press (7)

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11a

Headless porter? That's uncannily frightening (5)

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12a

Being self-absorbed Russians swimming will catch cold (9)

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13a

Northern son seen recycling garbage (8)

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15a

Stay on at sea (6)

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18a

Street wisdom about alcohol (6)

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19a

Bears with footwear and cushions (8)

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22a

Very long time needed to catch each TV series (9)

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24a

Some hitman in Japan? (5)

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25a

Baroque sculptor from Swiss city fashionable one (7)

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26a

Old church bell needs colouring brownish-yellow (7)

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27a

Duck at McDonald's? It's overhyped in America (13)

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Down

1d

Model runs into Fat Pang (7)

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2d

Play electronic dance music to entertain limitless Europeans (9)

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3d

Feature of much verse and church music mostly used in religious studies (5)

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4d

Prominent feature film of the 90s: Basic Instinct ? (8)

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5d

Rubberneckers gossip after popping by (6)

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6d

Elderly folk with urge to replace old kitchen gadgets (9)

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7d

Names of parts of algebraic expressions from school days (5)

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8d

Public service workers in harmony though not technically (6)

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14d

Cryptic notices circulating round the northernmost part of Milton Keynes? (9)

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16d

Dance and sing about getting higher (9)

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17d

Follow Filipino around Norway (8)

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18d

Lord Coe impressed by Portuguese saint in Japanese port (6)

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20d

Small dog's arrogant style of perambulation (7)

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21d

Old family bones brought to Italy (6)

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23d

Tart wears a new garment that only covers the front of body (5)

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24d

Ex-PM picked up female on the game (5)

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