Independent Cryptic #12064

2025-06-09

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9a

Golf tournament finished without a clear resolution (9)

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10a

Apple's torch possibly gets strong support (5)

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

Whimsically, if a torch were made by Apple, it might be called an I-BEAM, on the model of I-PHONE, I-PAD, I-POD …

11a

Work out Carry On film's 25% sex? (7)

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

A charade of KEEP for ‘carry on’, F for 25% of ‘film’ and IT.

12a

Frozen s (7)

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13a

Flatter doctor leading Iowa's premier emergency room (5)

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14a

Cabin littered with a lot of plants (9)

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16a

Mo Salah regularly hit goalpost after ditching second suspect eye doctor (15)

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

‘Eye doctor’ with 15 letters is pretty much nailed on to be OPHTHALMOLOGIST, but the parsing proved a bit trickier. It’s (MO S[A]L[A]H HIT GOALPO[S]T)* with ‘suspect’ as the anagrind.

19a

American substitutes for magicians' silver band? (9)

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

Hippogryph is inviting you to substitute US for ‘American’ for AG for ‘silver’ in ‘magicians’.

21a

Greasy peppermill on the counter claims 17th century journalist? (5)

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22a

Mount exercise to prepare missile (7)

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23a

Glastonbury headliner is in short owed a large beer (7)

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

A charade of DU[E], A, L and IPA. Far too many contemporary references in the Indy these days. We need more Ancient Greeks, Biblical heroes and obscure Shakespearean characters. Not.

24a

Say Bedouin's name in French Bill? (5)

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25a

Less sensitive individual could be a leader (9)

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Down

1d

Space bears with hair? Some kind of mystery (10)

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2d

Hot always fish sandwiches (8)

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3d

Recommend inhaling e-cigarette (6)

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

An insertion of E in REFER. The insertion indicator is ‘inhaling’.

4d

Trend in retirement is correct (4)

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5d

Adoring a suitor with old pants (10)

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6d

Console with cool look after cutting negative comment (8)

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

An insertion of IN and TEND in NO. The insertion indicator is ‘cutting’.

7d

Calls up about opening in pelvis getting infected (6)

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

An insertion of P for the initial letter of ‘pelvis’ in CITES reversed. ‘Up’ works as the reversal indicator, since it’s a down clue.

8d

Boss elephant's first to leave (4)

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14d

Poison label absurd on kebab we're told (10)

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

A charade of (LABEL)* and aural wordplay (‘we’re told’) for DONNER. The anagrind is ‘absurd’.

15d

Aeroflot use a terminal inspiring pleasure seeker (10)

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17d

Country house had a nice bust inside (8)

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18d

Send down naughty child overturning respectful denial (8)

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

A charade of IMP and NO SIR reversed.

20d

Cut back Southern press (6)

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21d

Object in SpaceX with peak returns (6)

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

We need a lift-and-separate of SpaceX; then it’s a reversal of TEN (X in Roman numerals) and ALP.

22d

Picked up bit of a fork in the river (4)

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

Aural wordplay (‘picked up’) of TINE gives you the second most important river in the North-East of England.

23d

Start to pile mixture of earth and water over ditch (4)

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

A reversal of P for the initial letter of ‘pile’ and MUD.