Independent Cryptic #12237

2025-12-27

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1a

Strange discharge results in uproar (6)

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5a

A couple of right masculine guards imitate parasite (8)

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9a

Case of cold Greek wine returned (8)

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10a

Organised considerable cut price for redemption (6)

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11a

Second occurrence regarding formal request (10)

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12a

Escape from the trap in Staffordshire town (4)

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13a

Relating to change in shape (8)

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16a

Fraudulent call by Yankee (6)

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17a

Language in Luton guesthouse (6)

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19a

A quiet little craving (8)

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21a

Old woman is magnificent mostly (4)

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22a

Inscrutable cop freaked out (10)

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25a

Dye-producing plant one doing badly (6)

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26a

Supplement part of the digestive system (8)

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27a

Clergyman never changing into Marxist (8)

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28a

I strained shoulders and travelled by cab (6)

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Down

2d

Employment of wise man after 4th of January (5)

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3d

Pressure to travel by bike gives satisfaction (5)

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4d

Location for writing this puzzle? (7)

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5d

End sex and love ultimately for home-wrecker? (7)

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6d

Root's standard cut (7)

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7d

Little by little extract shellfish completely (9)

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8d

Sole voter upset president (9)

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14d

Ordering a cocktail as a main course in America (9)

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15d

Juan Perón perhaps: somewhat vulgar gent in exile (9)

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18d

Go off former police officer on ecstasy (7)

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19d

A week with protégé is tricky (7)

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20d

Protective wall section protecting monkey (7)

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23d

Join queen getting cross (5)

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24d

Best priest extremely tense (5)

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