Independent Cryptic #12076

2025-06-23

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Across

1a

Collect this person shot in the arm (8)

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6a

Cut is fashionable length maybe we hear (6)

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9a

Labour in Cornish town all but overwhelms right (6)

Generating...

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

ST IVE s (‘Cornish town all but’) around (‘overwhelms’) R

10a

Bears ridicule (8)

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

Double dose of AA Milne’s ursine creation

11a

Do another cocktail like a tramp (9)

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12a

Fail assignment after change of direction (4)

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

TA s K with S changed to N (‘change of direction’)

14a

Here in Wales calligraphy’s hot (7)

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15a

Eastenders’ criminal is one soaked in drink (7)

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17a

Counterfeit art New York duplicated is unreasonable use of power by state (7)

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19a

First in regular monthly series is novel with Doctor No returning (7)

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22a

Water dropping with being sad? (4)

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

Anagram (‘being sad’) of w ATER minus W (‘dropping with’) and the whole clue also functioning as definition

24a

This country converted Iranian national (9)

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26a

Carefully treat simple-hearted fool (8)

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27a

Thatcher’s character in charge? Or is this sarcastic? (6)

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28a

Poor lady’s not one that is included in profits (6)

Generating...

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

Anagram (‘poor’) of L a DYS minus the A (‘not one’) with IE (‘that is included’) inside

29a

Wrong medal worn by first of soldiers in noted gathering (8)

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

SIN (‘wrong’) + GONG (‘medal’) around (‘worn by’) S (‘first of soldiers’). I seem to recall a fairly recent discussion on this site about the use of ‘gong’ for any sort of award/medal/official recognition being very much a UK thing

Down

2d

See tennis played at the top with great passion (9)

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3d

I shrank disturbed to see god (7)

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4d

Loathing executive class (10)

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5d

One barked It’s cool to be non-u (6)

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6d

Number 26 in the table - or 27 out of one hundred (4)

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

For the definition, iron has the atomic number 26 in the periodic table; IRON ic (27ac) without IC (‘out of one hundred’)

7d

Real Madrid perhaps? (7)

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8d

Sniff at lumps on foot toe is pushed up (5)

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

CORNS (‘lumps on foot’) with the S moved up to the top

13d

Country’s leader going on and on before demotion (10)

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16d

Loving relationship admitted by a professor (9)

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18d

Make public broadcast of man getting international post (7)

Generating...

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

AIR + soundalike (‘broadcast’) of ‘male’

20d

He travels to get fruit (7)

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21d

Weed’s for contemptible people (6)

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23d

Digital image of Simpson captured by old media producer (5)

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25d

Picked up purchases as extras (4)

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

Soundalike (‘picked up’) of ‘buys’