Independent Cryptic #12117

2025-08-09

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Across

1a

Fellow mistakenly handled it before the end of footy game (11)

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7a

What's close to eight closer to nine and closer to eleven too? (3)

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9a

F Love Island i (5)

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10a

Become stuck in shallow water having no grip initially in small car (9)

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11a

Something unidentified I had on plate - tongue? (7)

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12a

This is pretty saucy ... slang terms for genitalia - 'tackle' 'nuts' (7)

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13a

Bird I see over and over again quietly crowing (9)

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16a

Matter but not the first matter (5)

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18a

Father following daughter with ring was affectionate (5)

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20a

Freelance crossword setter given arithmetic - maybe '100 - 10?' (9)

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22a

Suppose one kept live bats imprisoned? (7)

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24a

Lad lost at sea becomes an experienced sailor (7)

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26a

Leader penning credo cryptically in Monaco? (9)

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27a

Food crop found in Nicaragua - vanilla? (5)

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28a

Adagio regularly played for Beethoven? (3)

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29a

Byzantine statues broken by a leader of several powerful realms (11)

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Down

1d

Dietary requirement of thick vacant tearaway on drugs (9)

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2d

Travelling restaurant I see going around the capital of Denmark (7)

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3d

Soldiers filling empty trunks - Bluebird's trunks? (5)

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4d

Throw nuts with some corn on top for myna bird's breakfast (9)

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5d

'Cancel' - remove article from publication (5)

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6d

Cricketers beginning to yell or shriek animatedly (9)

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7d

Tramps by vacant toilets urged to move inside (7)

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8d

Jog with no clothes on having drunk gallons (5)

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14d

Crowds materialising when car's on rails failing to start (9)

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15d

Theatre put up with old actor? (9)

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17d

Some of them were bound to last (9)

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19d

Significant bandleader's about to leave - time's up (7)

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21d

Determined little creature holding up a Hoover? (7)

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22d

Bluebird? Bluebird quietly gets into bed (5)

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23d

Find yourself in a higher place after death (5)

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25d

Little piggy perhaps in poke? One cat ultimately (5)

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